Green Austria
12. 05. 12 - 11:49
Relaxing plan for farm animals marked for slaughter
Farm animals destined for the slaughterhouse are to be allowed to spend their last few days relaxing on an Alpine pasture before being killed.
Problem Bears brother killed by car
The brother of the real life Yogi bear who's driven picnickers wild has been killed after he was hit by a car while crossing a mountain road in the It [...]
Bees latest exhibit at the Secession
A swarm of 15,000 bees from the Austrian Mostviertel region have been moved to a new home - the roof of Austrian iconic art gallery the Secession. [...]
Small furry animal cuts off village electricity
Electricity to a village was cut off when a Martin tried to bite through a high voltage cable. [...]
Styrian heart beats on the Vienna Rathausplatz
The Styrian spring has arrived – of all places in the Vienna Rathausplatz. From today 12 April until 16 April everything in the town hall Square will [...]
Ibis Jane Goodall is first home in 400 years
A rare wild Ibis named after British conservationist Jane Goodall has become the first member of the critically endangered bird species to fly over th [...]
Glaciers shrinking faster than ever
Austria's glaciers shrunk last year faster than ever before according to the latest report by the countries mountain sports association the Alpenverei [...]
Austrian farmers have raised the alarm over a water shortage following an entire month in which some regions have seen no rain at all. [...]
Fare dodger Andreas Fuhrmann burst into flames when he stepped on a high voltage railway electricity cable trying to take a short cut out of a station [...]
Green Heart beats for 40 years
Styria which promotes itself as the green heart of Austria is celebrating 40 years of the green heart campaign. [...]
Jobless Austrian Hans Url almost died after he cut off his own foot and threw it in an oven so he could continue to claim unemployment benefits. [...]
Property prices in the Weinviertel rising
The extension of the North autobahn along the A5 is pushing up property prices in the Weinviertel. [...]
Spring is really in the air in Austria – quite literally. Hundreds of frogs are on the hop and are likely to be clearly visible on the country's stree [...]
Micro Light Success As Rare Ibis Returns
A critically endangered bird species that lived in Europe for 1.8 million years before it was wiped out by hunters has been reintroduced in three loca [...]
School fruit and veg project flops
Austrian schools have only claimed around a fifth of the 1.3 million euros made available as part of an EU project to provide kids with fresh fruit an [...]
Flushed with success for World Water Day
Council officials in Vienna are working overtime to get the 950 fountains in the city cleaned up and ready to be officially switched on during the UN [...]
Glaciers melting at record speed
Despite the record cold winter Austrian climatologists say the country's glaciers melted last year faster than ever before. [...]
Space the Final Frontier for Felix
Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump. [...]
A report on ORF television in Vorarlberg about specially shaped waves designed to catch and deflect negative energy from ley lines has provoked a huge [...]
Appeal for baby Jonas to go back into care
Social workers ordered to hand back a 12-month-old boy to his mum after they took him into care because his grandmother had been fined for speeding ha [...]
Deal to stop building at the Wörthersee
Environmental campaigners are hailing a victory after local officials in Carinthia agreed to a complete stop on further building around the Lakeside a [...]
Fracking is a health risk in Vorarlberg
Green groups have raised the alarm over plans to use a controversial mining technique known as Fracking around Lake Constance in Germany that is alrea [...]
Windfarm on hold over bird highway row
A windfarm project on the top of an Austrian mountain has not been switched on over fears that it is in the middle of a key bird migration route and t [...]
Southeast Austria feeling the effects of climate change
Temperatures are rising at a rate three times higher than the rest of the world in Southeast Styria. [...]