Day: March 25, 2023

Search for Mrs. Philippine-Austria – big prizes are at stake.

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In conjunction with the celebration of the 125th Philippine Independence Day on June 10, 2023, the Council of Filipino Associations in Austria (CFAA), in cooperation with the Philippine embassy in Vienna,  will conduct the Search for Mrs. Philippine-Austria. The pageant will showcase the beauty and cultural heritage of the Philippines. The event aims to unite all the Filipino-Austrian Associations in Austria. In this regard, the CFAA invites all associations to join the event. Interested participants may submit their names on or before April 5, 2023. Qualified candidates must be 25…

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Clocks are set forward one hour to daylight saving time

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The clocks will be changed to Central European Summer Time (CEST) on Sunday night. At 2:00 a.m., all radio-controlled watches should jump to 3:00 a.m.; the others must be turned manually. The switch back to standard time (CET) will take place on the last weekend in October. It is still unclear what will happen with the abolition of the time changeover in the EU, which has been decided in itself. The ball is still in the court of the EU Council of Ministers, and the transport ministers are responsible.Since the…

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Many cell phone rates to become more expensive as of April 1

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The online comparison portal durchblicker.at recommends cell phone contract customers consider changing their provider soon; for many existing contracts, rates will increase by 8.5 to 11.5 percent as of April 1. For new customers, on the other hand, no increases are expected in most cases. The higher rates are due to inflation adjustments, which usually occur for mobile providers at the beginning of April. These were confirmed at Drei, A1 and Magenta, as the magazine “Konsument” of the Association for Consumer Information (VKI) recently wrote on its website. With a…

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Öko-Test: Lead and carcinogenic substances in toothpaste

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Already the children’s toothpaste delivered shocking results. For 17 of the 48 adult products, there was an “unsatisfactory” because of the ingredients. Many manufacturers use the dye titanium dioxide for bright white toothpaste despite this substance being considered potentially carcinogenic. The magazine “Öko-Test” had recently detected the importance of several children’s toothpaste, and now adult toothpaste has been tested. In 21 of 48 kinds of toothpaste, the “whitener” is still part of the formula. Titanium dioxide was also often used as an additive to make food look whiter, shinier or…

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Asteroid flies close to earth on Saturday

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A larger asteroid is expected to come comparatively close to Earth on Saturday evening. The celestial body will be only about 168,000 kilometres from our planet at its nearest point, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The moon is more than twice that distance from Earth. The flyby can be observed with binoculars or a telescope. While asteroids fly by Earth occasionally, Saturday night’s event is rare. The recently discovered celestial body, 2023 DZ2, is about 40 to 100 meters across. According to the U.S. space agency NASA, it…

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