Climber found guilty of abandoning girlfriend to die from the cold on Austria’s tallest mountain
A seasoned mountaineer has been convicted of gross negligence manslaughter after leaving his girlfriend to die from the cold on the highest peak in Austria. However, he won’t serve time in prison right away. Thomas Plumberger, 37, was found guilty following a one-day trial concerning the tragic death of his 33-year-old girlfriend, Kerstin Gatner. He […]
Austria’s struggle with mass migration holds a lesson for America
Croissant is not French – it is an Austrian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Since the 13th century, Austrian bakeries have shaped their predecessors to croissants. Crescent shaped kipfaalto celebrate Habsburg's final standoff against Turkish invaders after the Battle of Vienna in 1683, according to popular lore, imitated the Ottoman moon. Austrian long-standing rebellion against […]
Austria’s president to meet far-right leader amid coalition speculation | Austria
Austria's president says he will meet the leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) amid speculation that a pro-Kremlin, anti-Islam party will be tasked with forming a government after centrist parties failed to reach an agreement. did. The Alpine country of 9 million people is mired in political crisis after coalition talks aimed at […]
Coalition talks between Austria’s two biggest centrist parties collapse | Austria
Prime Minister Karl Nehammer announced on Saturday that talks between Austria's two main centrist parties to form a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) had broken down, adding that he would resign in the coming days. The announcement comes a day after a small, liberal third party, Neos, announced it was withdrawing from […]
Recasting masculinity: the cheerleaders subverting Austria’s gender stereotypes | Austria
DThey put on short shorts and tight T-shirts and jumped on the gym floor. After the women's roller derby teams pushed, slapped and clashed against each other, the men's teams and their pom-poms were now gathered on the same court in Vienna, ready to put on an acrobatic, hip-shaking halftime show of the opposite. . […]
Austria’s Baumgartner scores fastest goal in international football history | Austria
Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner scored six seconds after kick-off in a 2-0 friendly win against Slovakia on Saturday, making it the fastest goal ever scored in international football. The 24-year-old sprinted from the center circle, leaping over three challenges to fire a low shot from outside the box into the bottom corner. The RB Leipzig midfielder […]