CLIMATE WARMING: Europe threatened by extreme heatwaves

Heatwaves could become much more extreme in Europe in the future, warn researchers at the General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union currently taking place in Vienna. They expect much longer and more intense heat waves in the coming decades than previously assumed. If you look at a comparison of summer temperatures in Europe from 1980 to 2022, they have risen by around 2.3 degrees Celsius in the months from June to August. Many climate models have underestimated this strong warming. According to Dominik Schumacher from ETH Zurich, this is…

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“Hands off! This is a scam.”

False messages about alleged refunds in the name of ÖGK have been sent out.Fraudsters are currently contacting people in the name of the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) with an alleged refund. It was only in January that the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) warned against phishing emails. Now, false messages about alleged refunds have been sent out again in the name of the ÖGK.The messages are sent by e-mail. The recipients are asked to open a link to request a refund online. “Hands off! These messages are an attempt…

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Knife ban throughout Austria: This is what the new draft law says

After Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) announced around a month ago that he would be drafting a bill for a general ban on weapons and, in particular, knives in public spaces, a corresponding draft for a “Knife Carry Prohibition Act” is now available. To date, the authorities have only been able to issue weapons ban zones in certain locations, such as the recent one at Reumannplatz in Vienna-Favoriten.In the draft version of April 11, published by the Austrian Press Agency, the carrying of all types of knives is prohibited in…

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