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27. 04. 12. - 08:00

Unfriendly Fire

Michael Leidig

A 1.9 million GBP legal shootout between one of the globe's most famous gun manufacturers Gaston Glock and his wife is being heard by judges in Klagenfurt, Austria. Glock, 82 - maker of one of the most used handguns in the world - divorced his wife Helga last year to wed 31-year-old Kathrin Tschikof. Now Helga, 71, is suing her former husband claiming that her 15 per cent stake in the company was wrongly transferred to Glock and his wife. She also claims that the couple's three grown up children have all got the bullet from the family firm since the marriage split and is seeking a further 70,000 GBP in damages. Today (thursday) judges excluded the press and public from a hearing by Judge Gernot Kanduth because "private family matters are being discussed." Glock is one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the world supplying Scotland Yard and two thirds of all law enforcement agencies in the USA and 46 other countries. The case continues.

Tragic Ski Girl Dies
A 10-year-old British schoolgirl has died after skiing into a tree at high speed during a family holiday tragedy in the Austrian Alps.

Peak Performance
Police chiefs in Hamburg, Germany, are celebrating after new crime figures showed there wasn't a single bank robbery in the city last year.

Chinese Fakeaway
Chinese property developers who've been thwarted in a bid to buy up an entire Austrian village have settled on the next best thing - an entire life-sized replica.

Austrian children help Romanian kids
A charity project run by the middle school in Hippach has been recognised with an award for its social work by officials in Tyrol.

Mother kills disabled daughter because she couldnt take care of her any longer
A Romanian woman killed her 8 year-old disabled daughter on Wednesday (yesterday)because she couldn't pay for her care, Libertatea newspaper reports.

Policeman accused of sex with the son of his girlfriend
A Policeman from Vulcan, Western Romania is currently being investigated for having sex with a minor, the son of his girlfriend, Cancan newspaper informs today (Thurs).

Serial killer survivor walks away alive after fall
An 85 year-old woman who survived the most cruel and notorious serial killer in Romania some 40 years ago, recently fell from the first floor of her apartment building and she walked away safe and sound, Cancan newspaper reports today (Thurs).

The son of Qatar Airlines BA beaten up in Romania
The son of the Board of Administration of Qatar Airlines Akbar Al Baker, was beaten up over the weekend at the launching party of a posh club in Mamaia, at the Romanian Black Sea shore, Cancan newspaper reports.

Majority starts president’s suspension procedures
A day after the Social Liberal Union (USL) legislators dismissed with a large majority of votes the two Speakers of the Parliament, the Union started today the procedures for the suspension and possible impeachment of President Traian Basescu. This is the second time when the Parliament asks for Basescu’s suspension.

Some 177 Roma repatriated by French authorities to Romania
Some 177 Romanian citizens of Roma origin were repatriated on Tuesday night from Lille, France, Romania TV news channel informs today (Weds).