• austriantimes.at
• croatiantimes.com
• salzburgtimes.at
• viennatimes.at
• austrianindependent.com

Around the World, page 431

• Pants getaway
  Drunk driver Matthias Brandt who tried to flee police on foot after dumping his car was arrested and lost his licence when he tripped over his trouser [...]
• Prime chumps chopped
  Police have arrested three butchers for flogging off 3,000 GBP of choice cuts of beef they'd filleted away from their bosses in Munich, Germany. [...]
• We ate all the pies
  Football bosses have had to swallow massive losses after computerised tills at every bar and restaurant in the stadium went on the blink. [...]
• Dog collared
  A Catholic priest has been jailed when he robbed a bank after he was sacked from his parish, say police. [...]
• Schools ban Red Bull
  Schools are banning high energy drinks like Red Bull after a study showed pupils who drink them can't concentrate in class. [...]
• Real high court
  High Court judges are to rule on whether teachers should be allowed to relieve the stress of teaching teenagers with a cannabis joint after work. [...]
• Care home killer
  An 80-year-old man has confessed to stabbing to death the manager of his care home after a row over the treatment of his 101-year-old mother. [...]
• GI Joe in gay bar
  GI Joe star Channing Tatum astonished fans when he dropped in to dance the night away at a gay bar in Budapest, Hungary. [...]
• Miracle tot takes a bow
  Miracle tot Tian Tian is taking a bow after surviving a direct hit with an arrow as she played in the garden of her family home. [...]
• Bus-ted driver
  A driver who left his passengers parked in his bus outside his home while he had dinner with his wife is facing fraud charges, say police. [...]
• Zoo sold you this lot?
  Traffic cops are quizzing a motorist after finding an amazing menagerie of more than 1,700 animals crammed into the boot of his car. [...]
• Robbie: I was at death´s door
  Bodies singer Robbie Williams has revealed how he nearly died from his addiction to prescription drugs. [...]
• Bus stopped
  Dimwit drunk Marco Ebersbach stole a bus to impress his new girlfriend after a night on the town - and ploughed it straight into a building site oppos [...]
• Fangs for the tip off
  Cops looking for a cannabis farm at a flat in Leoben, Austria, found a nest of some of the deadliest snakes in the world instead. [...]
• Rail rip off
  Horrified police carried out a finger-tip search for a man's testicles after they were hurled from a train window during a fight between the victim an [...]
• Heil Honey - love Adolf
  Heil Honey - having a lovely time here in Austria and Germany. Planning to hop over the border into Poland, and then spend some time in France. PS: Lo [...]
• Jacko and me: enemies bent the truth says Geller
  Spoon-bender Uri Geller has denied he was ever on a blacklist of enemies compiled by tragic king of pop Michael Jackson. [...]
• Heel pay up
  Judges ordered a shoe firm to pay model Milena Consolini 10,000 GBP compensation after one of her high heels broke twisting her ankle in Rimini, Italy [...]
• Crying shame
  A 21-year-old man stabbed his brother-in-law to death because he couldn't stop his 12-month-old baby from crying. [...]
• Footing the bill
  Indian soldiers whose foot stamping displays on the Pakistan border have become a tourist show are to get a specially cushioned drill square to spare [...]
• Busy spell
  Retired teacher Margarita Parfenova, 60, is changing her name to spell out the intials of all her lovers. [...]
• On the run
  A naked jogger wearing just trainers and a bobble hat was arrested by police in Schoenenberg, Switzerland. Peter Moeller told officers he needed to be [...]
• Small tip
  A drunken reveller at Europe's biggest beer festival was stripped naked by a taxi driver when he confessed he had no money to pay the fair. [...]
• Beerfest boob ban busted
  Hundreds of revellers have busted a bare boobs ban at Europe's biggest beer festival. [...]
• Game for anything
  Computer gamers are being given the chance to control the on-screen action with their manhood in a bizarre new adult game from Japan. [...]
• Cat-alytic converter
  Gussie the ginger kitten used up one of his nine lives when he cheated death by a whisker on a 70mph trip - stuck in a car chassis. [...]
• Thieves put brakes on Brit world bike bid
  British round-the-world cyclist Ann Wilson's record bid has had the brakes put on it - after thieves stole her 3,000 GBP bike. [...]
• Baby rhino saved by cuddles
  A baby rhinoceros shares a tender moment with the keepers who have become her mum and dad since she was rejected by her real mother just minutes after [...]

Government to introduce ‘Robin Hood’ tax on oil companies
Minister of Economy Daniel Chitoiu announced today (Weds) that the government is working on a piece of legislation on introducing a supplementary tax on the exceptional incomes of the oil companies that should be passed by the year end and implemented as of 2013.

Education Minister stepps down amid plagiarism accusations
Ioan Mang, the education minister appointed only two weeks ago together with the new cabinet of Social Liberal Union (USL) leader Victor Ponta, resigned Tuesday (yesterday) night.

Brancusi’s son doesn’t want his father remains to be moved to Romania
John Moore, the only child of sculpture Constantin Brancusi, reacted to Romania’s intention to repatriate the remains of his father, saying his last will was to be buried in Paris at Montparnasse, Libertatea newspaper informs today (Weds).

Romania back in recession, growth to resume in H2
Romania officially entered recession today, following the figures published by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) that show a decrease of the GDP for two consecutive quarters (Q).

Police head sacked over underground boss runaway row
The head of the Romanian Police Liviu Popa (picture) was sacked today (Tues) by Home Affairs Minister Ioan Rus, the ministry informs.

UK Ambassador Harris says new Cabinet took right decisions so far
The UK Ambassaodr in Romania, Martin Harris says Victor Ponta’s new government got off on the right foot by making clear that its economic policy will continue to be framed within the programme agreed between Romania and the EU, World Bank, and IMF.

Carmen Sylvas x-rayed hand to be auctioned
A x-ray of the left hand of Romanian Queen Elisabeta will be auctioned in Bucharest by Artmark auction house, Libertatea newspaper informs today (Tue).

Rising handbal player hangs herself because of family quarels
A rising star of the Romanian handball was found hanged on Sunday (yesterday) in her family apartment in Drobeta Turnu Severin (South West), Romania TV news channel informs today.

Triumphant welcome in Bucharest for the national gymnastic team
The national team of gymnasts returned home today at noon from the European Championship held on Saturday and Sunday in Brussels, and was welcomed by a numerous crowd at the Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest.

Sorin Oprescu to win in a landslide, poll suggests
An opinion poll released today (Mon) makes the current Mayor Sorin Oprescu favourite for the Bucharest municipal elections, Realitatea TV news channel informs.