Picture shows the Plant Hospital in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain, undated. The City Council organized the first plant hospital and nursery so that the residents of the Madrid town can go on vacation without worrying about what they will do with the plants in their home. (Newsflash)

City Council Offers Free Hotel And Health Spa For Potted Pals

• Post author:Ana Lacasa
• Post published:August 23, 2023

The heatwave may be bad news for plants one Spanish city is doing its bit after setting up a hotel and health spa for plants to have a relaxing break…

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Photo shows an illustrative image of Valencia, undated. Valencia is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. (Newsflash)

Spanish Hotspot Bans Loud Telly And Barking Dogs

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:March 2, 2023

Spain's tourist hotspot Valencia is to ban any loud noise at night in new rules announced by council chiefs. Officials in the city have sanctioned new regulations banning any "screaming…

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Image shows one of the impaled deer heads, undated photo. A hunter from the town of Gmunden, in Upper Austria, Austria, impaled six deer skulls in front of a building before he turned himself in on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (Police Upper Austria/Newsflash)

Hunter Impales Deer Skulls On Spikes Outside Council Chief’s Home

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:January 18, 2023

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Police in Austria are investigating after a disgruntled hunter placed six impaled deer scalps at the family home of the local hunting council's chief. Investigators in Scharnstein,…

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Physicist Dr Larysa Baraban, poses in undated photo. She was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to continue developing bio-nanosensors for medical diagnostics at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, in Dresden, Germany. (HZDR/Newsflash)

Immunotherapy Chip Could Create Customised Cures

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 8, 2022

A researcher developing a miracle microchip that can identify cancer cells and predict how they will act has been awarded a EUR 2 million grant to develop the tech. The…

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An artistic representation of the Elemgasem nubilus, undated. Scientists found the fossil remains of a new species of dinosaurs in the province of Neuquen, Argentina. ( Abel German Montes/Newsflash)

New Species Of Predator Dinosaur Dating Back 90 Million Years Discovered

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:September 12, 2022

A new species of dinosaur dating back 90 million years has been discovered in Argentina. The discovery was unearthed near the city of Plaza Huincul, in the province of Neuquen,…

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Picture shows Neuwied, Germany, undated. A beekeeper released thousands of bees on employees of the city when they came to demolish his house. (Newsflash)

Beekeeper Unleashes Massive Swarm To Halt House Demolition

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:September 10, 2022

A beekeeper who unleashed thousands of bees on demolition workers sent to tear down his house is facing grievous bodily harm charges. The building - in Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany…

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Sustainability officer Deputy Mayor Sarah Katholnig and Franz Primig from the Villach Beekeeping Association with city green employees at the beehives in the technology park in undated photo. Villach promotes work with bees. (Karin Wernig/Newsflash)

EUR 100 Bonus For Beekeeping Newbies In Austrian Town

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:August 19, 2022

City officials in Austria are offering financial support for anyone taking up beekeeping in a bid to improve the region’s ecosystem. The council of Villach, in the southern province of…

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Picture shows the website of the municipality of Schattdorf, Switzerland, with an image from the Dachau concentration camp, undated. The post was used to announce the closure of the office. (schattdorf.ch/Newsflash)

Dachau Death Camp Pic Used To Announce Church Services

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:August 16, 2022

Swiss council bosses who used a picture of the Nazi death camp Dachau on their website have been forced to apologise. The notice was supposed to announce service times at…

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Co-founder of the South African Satanic Church, Riaan Swiegelaar, who has resigned from the church after he had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. (@riaan.swiegelaar/Newsflash)

Satanic Church Founder Quits After Finding Jesus

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:July 21, 2022

A co-founder of the South African Satanic Church has walked out of the devil-worshipping cult after apparently finding Jesus. Riaan Swiegelaar resigned from his post as presiding priest of the…

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Claims Committee Chairman Sir Franklin Berman takes the lectern – a view to the audience. Reception in honor of the Claims Committee held at the Austrian Parliament on 4 April 2017. (Parlamentsdirektion, Johannes Zinner/Newsflash)

USD 215 Million Compo Fund For Hitlers Victims Closed

• Post author:Clive Goodman
• Post published:May 12, 2022

A programme that handed out USD 215 million in compensation to victims of Nazi plunder in World War II has closed in Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Trustees of…

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