Month: March 2023

17 degrees on Monday: this week’s temperatures rise to 21 degrees

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The weather shows its friendly and mild side in the new week. At the beginning of the new week, a foothill of the Scandinavian low “Gerson” quickly moves off to the east. From the west, the high “Kali” gradually influences the Alpine region’s weather pattern. The weather thus calms down permanently. In addition, Austria moves into the forefield of a new, powerful low-pressure complex near the British Isles in the latest week. The current thus turns to the southwest, and significantly warmer air masses of Mediterranean origin are brought into…

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World Happiness Report: Austria lands in eleventh place

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The global perception of happiness has not changed despite crises. This is the result of the World Happiness Report, published on Monday. According to the report, Finland has the happiest population for the sixth time in a row, while Austria is eleventh. This result was achieved last year. “Average happiness and our country ranking have remained remarkably stable over the three Covid 19 years,” said researcher John Helliwell, who worked on the report. Behind the northern EU country of Finland, Denmark and Iceland take the other top spots by some…

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NASA warns – asteroid could hit Earth

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NASA warns of a possible asteroid impact on Earth. Clarity about it could be in a few weeks, according to official data. According to the U.S. National National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a recently discovered asteroid could hit Earth. But those who now assume the worst can be cautiously given the all-clear. Because the impact would not take place until the year 2046. However, NASA describes the possibility, however his apocalyptic scenario, as “very small.” The asteroid, named “2023 DW,” was discovered in February and has a diameter of…

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Spring is here: Flowering starts one to two weeks earlier

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Spring plants are beginning to bloom one to two weeks earlier than the average in the past decades. This is because January and February were almost consistently too mild, explains Geosphere Austria (formerly ZAMG). Therefore, many plants’ development started significantly earlier than in an average year. For example, forsythia and dirndl are already blooming in many places at lower altitudes. The flowering of the apricot has also already begun, as in the Wachau, in the Vienna area and northern Burgenland around the Leithagebirge. “This means that the development of the…

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Vienna on TIME Magazine’s list of top travel destinations for the first time

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Vienna is the first destination in Austria to make it onto TIME Magazine’s list of “World’s Greatest Places.” Since 2018, TIME Magazine has been selecting a list of the “World’s Greatest Places.” This year, Vienna also made it to the top 50 destinations. What makes Vienna a top travel destination for TIME Magazine?In its citation, TIME Magazine praises Vienna as a “classical city, modernized” and highlights those developments that have made the federal capital the world’s most livable city in various rankings. These include, for example, bicycle and pedestrian friendliness,…

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The City of Vienna seeks 21,000 new employees

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The City of Vienna is on the lookout: 21,000 positions must be filled by 2030. For this reason, one starts now a large personnel offensive, including an advertising campaign, as mayor Michael Ludwig and personnel city councillor Jürgen Czernohorszky (both SPÖ) communicated on Friday. The fields of work, so it was assured, are various. Employees are being sought in social, technical or even digital areas.In total, the city employs around 67,000 people. For example, the City of Vienna is now organizing its job fair for the first time to fill…

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WHO: Corona threat aligns with flu

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According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk from the coronavirus will decrease to that of influenza before the end of this year. This was said by the head of the WHO emergency program, Michael Ryan, in Geneva on Friday. “I think we’re now getting to the point where we can see Covid-19 in the same way that we see seasonal influenza: as a health threat, as a virus that will continue to kill, but a virus that won’t wreak havoc on our society or bring our…

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Last chance for energy bonus: Applications are only possible until March 31

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Austria’s households have submitted around 3 million vouchers for energy cost compensation. This corresponds to a relief volume of 440 million euros, calculated by the Ministry of Finance on Friday in a release. However, of the vouchers submitted, around 365,000 were rejected due to incorrect information, so only a relief volume of 375 million euros was realized. Applications are still possible until the end of March. The vouchers can be presented to the respective electricity provider, reducing the annual bill by 150 euros. As one of the first anti-inflation measures,…

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Little sleep dramatically increases risk of artery occlusion

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The Karolinska Institute in Sweden has been researching sleep and health for years. A recent study by the institute now suggests that less than five hours of sleep more than doubles the risk of clogged arteries. Specifically, the risk is increased by 74 percent, as can be read in the European Heart Journal, where the study was published. “Our study suggests that seven to eight hours of sleep per night is a good habit to reduce the risk of pAVD,” explains study author Shuai Yuan. Abbreviated as pAVD or PAD,…

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