Sports

Austria stun Netherlands ro progress to last-16

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 26 June 2024 0

Austria produced a hugely impressive performance that will make others take notice at Euro 2024 as they beat the Netherlands to progress to the last 16 as Group D winners. Despite being handed a tough draw with the Dutch and France, Ralf Rangnick’s side won two of their three games to finish

World

Austria allows travelling with 31 European countries

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

 Austria on Wednesday said it would lift pandemic travel restrictions with 31 countries in Europe from Tuesday, though curbs remains for Britain, Sweden, Spain and Portugal, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said. Quarantine and virus tests will be scrapped for travellers coming from most European countries including Italy, Croatia and Greece, which are the most

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lockdown ease: Austria allows events of up to 10 people

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2020 0

Austria will take further steps to ease its lockdown on Friday, allowing events with up to 10 people and instructing the public they no longer need a specific reason to leave home, the government said on Tuesday. Austria acted early in its coronavirus outbreak to close restaurants, bars, schools, non-essential shops and other gathering places […]

Foreign

Many shops reopen as Austria takes first steps to ‘new normality’

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2020 0

Many Austrian shops were able to reopen under strict conditions on Tuesday, with the country among the first in Europe to ease coronavirus restrictions following four weeks of shutdown. Small retailers such as bookshops and boutiques, as well as garden centres and hardware stores, were allowed to reopen their doors – provided they follow strict […]

Sports Tennis

Aruna Quadri retains Nigeria Open title, may miss African Games

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

Africa’s highest-ranked table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has retained the Nigeria Open Men’s Singles title after defeating Austria’s Gardos Robert 4-2 on Sunday in Lagos. Quadri, ranked number 22 in the world, went on a thrilling six games decider (15-13, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-1) to defeat world ranked number 64, Gardos, at the Molade […]

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Like Austria, Germany opens first sex doll-only brothel in Dortmund, as men now prefer dolls to real prostitutes (Photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Germany has now joined Austria in the sex doll prostitution business by opening the country’s first sex doll-only brothel in Dortmund. The brothel, named ”Bordoll” was opened by 29-year-old Evelyn Schwarz and she has bought 11 silicone ‘love dolls’ – each of which she gave a unique name. According to reports, the sex dolls were […]

Headlines News Nigeria Oil & Gas

OPEC agrees with Kachikwu, endorses Nigeria’s exemption from oil quotas

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2017 0

The meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of OPEC and Non OPEC Countries in Vienna on Friday endorsed Nigeria’s position that the exemption granted it at last year’s conference be sustained until the country stabilises its crude oil production. Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, who led Nigeria’s delegation