Minister for Transportation, Innovation, and Technology Doris Bures of Austria

Frustration and increased alcohol consumption would drive up domestic violence during largescale sporting events by up to 30 percent according to international studies, Bures was quoted as saying by the Austrian press agency.

Austrian Federal Minister for Women Doris Bures said here Thursday that the situation of family violence in Austria is quite serious.

Two out of 10 women suffer male violence at least one time during their lifetime, Bures said on the opening ceremony of a 700square meters intervention station against family violence in Vienna.

As late as last week, Faymann and Bures had insisted that Gusenbauer would stay on as the Social Democrats' leading candidate in the next elections.