Day: March 24, 2023

After years of discussion, the time has finally come: the GIS-Aus is coming, and instead, there will now be a household levy. The coalition is in agreement. The end of the GIS fee was already considered decided, but negotiations between the ÖVP and the Greens on the concrete design of the new budget levy were still going on until the very end. Instead of the GIS, the household tax will now be fixed. It must be paid by all four million households, regardless of whether they consume ORF or not.…

Although the government had fixed a bonus for pensioners, those with small pensions were paid too little. This is now changing. On March 1, the federal government launched a new cash bonus – this time for the 1.8 million pensioners in the country. They were to receive a direct payment of up to 500 euros as emergency aid against the enormous price increases. The cost is part of the 2023 pension increase, which raised incomes on a socially graduated basis. For recipients of a compensatory allowance (minimum pension), this should…

The temperature plunged by almost 20 degrees. Now it’s going to get uncomfortable once again! Meteorologists are predicting a significant drop in temperatures over the next few days. While almost summery 21 degrees were still measured in Linz on Thursday, it’s going steeply downhill in the next few days. On Friday, it starts; in the morning, some clouds move across the country, but it remains dry. Temperatures will once again become spring-like. At noon, it can be a very mild 14 to 20 degrees. The temperature will drop hourly in…