A 29-year-old Dutchman turns out to have knocked down another tourist (28) in an Austrian pub in the evening. The victim from Luxembourg was in the face several times...
A 43-year-old Czech died on Thursday because he ended up under an avalanche. Everywhere in the Alps it is chaos due to heavy snowfall. 'Now that the rain is falling, the snow is becoming heavier and it is going to slide from all sides', says Dutchman Hans ter Braak from the Austrian town of Mittelberg, where safety measures are being tightened up.
The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl in Tyrol severely restricts the use of ski boots after sunset. People the evening walking around the footwear after eight hours, now risk a fine. With the measure, the council of the popular ski resort especially want to promote safety. The fine is 25 euros standard, but can be up to 2000 euros for notorious offenders.
