Month: January 2025

Shortly before the turn of the year, ÖAMTC reminds in a press release: As of 1 January 2025, the city of Vienna will raise the short-term parking fees again—half an hour will cost 1.30 euros (previously 1.25 euros); a full hour will then cost 2.60 euros (previously 2.50 euros). The fee will remain unchanged for Viennese with a parking permit for their district until further notice. Old parking tickets must be used by 30 JuneParking tickets at the “old” rate (until the end of 2024) may still be used until…

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A lot will change in the new year, and some things will become more expensive. However, numerous salaries and benefits will also increase. We have an overview for you. Among other things, pensions will increase from 1 January 2025—by 4.6 percent and, therefore, by exactly the same amount as inflation. In addition, new pensioners who retire in the course of the year will benefit, in particular, from the extension of the protection clause and the further suspension of the aliquotation rule. These salaries will be increased on 1 January 2025…

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As of 1 January 2025, all lightweight and metal packaging will also be collected in the yellow garbage can or yellow bag in the federal states of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Burgenland, Styria, and parts of Upper Austria. This means that Austria has switched to a uniform collection system. One-way deposit for pet bottlesAt the same time, a one-way deposit for plastic drink bottles and cans is being introduced throughout Austria, leaving more space in the collection bins and allowing metal packaging to be collected simultaneously. The well-functioning system for the collection…

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Over 800,000 visitors celebrated the New Year on Wednesday night at the Vienna New Year’s Eve Trail. The City of Vienna Marketing drew a positive conclusion at the end of the event at 2.00 am. There were no incidents worth mentioning; the guests’ mood was consistently good, and the situation along the eight stages was calm. In response to an APA inquiry, the police also spoke of calm celebrations.Tuesday was a huge rush to the Vienna New Year’s Eve Trail. At around 11.40 p.m., the entire event area was closed…

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