Month: April 2022

Forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG): There will be up to 25 degrees on Wednesday. With a generally high air pressure level, today, Monday, drier and milder air will flow in from the west. Thus, there will be pretty sunny weather nationwide. Only in the eastern half will some denser cloud fields arrive during the day in the still more relaxed northerly flow, but these will dissipate in the afternoon. Overall, it will be slightly windy. Early temperatures are minus four to plus two degrees, during…

The Ninjas have stopped their fight against the Coronavirus at schools. According to a decree issued by the Ministry after the Easter vacations, the Ninja Pass will no longer be issued to schoolchildren. The document was also used as an entrance ticket to those areas where 3G proof was required. The reason is the reduction of school tests after Easter. Previously, students had to take a Corona test three times a week to attend school. In return, they received a stamp on their passport each time, in which vaccination could…

More than 4.5 million people have left the country since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The number of refugees rose by more than 42,000 within 24 hours to 4,503,954, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said today. It is the most significant movement of refugees in Europe since World War II. Within Ukraine, another 7.1 million people are also fleeing, according to estimates by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Women and children on the runNinety percent of those fleeing abroad are women and children, as men…

Vienna Archbishop Christoph Schönborn has called for full solidarity with Ukraine. Ukraine is in a case of “self-defense” and must defend itself, and the West must support it in this, the cardinal said on ORF’s “Pressestunde” on Sunday. There is also a need for solidarity with refugees, “there is still a lot ahead of us.” Schönborn was able to explain that a distinction is made between the refugees in 2015 and the Ukrainians today. In principle, he said, all refugees are human beings and should be considered, but the situation…

Many Austrians traditionally use Easter for a vacation abroad. But which Corona rules apply? The recent relaxation of entry regulations in many popular vacation destinations for Austrians awakens the desire to travel just in time for the start of the Easter vacation. Many no longer want to wait for the summer and use the holidays to leave at home and abroad. “Even though some countries are currently relaxing their entry rules, proof of vaccination, healing, or testing continues to be an important companion when traveling in Europe. The proof is…