Day: March 17, 2025

From today: 100 euro electricity bonus for Viennese households

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From today, 17 March, around 130,000 low-income households in Vienna will be able to apply for the EUR 100 compensation bonus from Wien Energie. This measure is intended to cushion the impact of the abolition of the electricity price brake and provide relief for directly affected customers. Who is eligible?Wien Energie electricity customers exempt from the ORF household tax are eligible. The credit will be offset directly against upcoming installments or outstanding invoices. The bonus can be claimed once per customer. There are three ways to apply: Online In person:…

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Pope Francis: “God will not abandon me”

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During the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis declared that he was experiencing a “time of trial”. “I am in a time of trial and am united with many sick brothers and sisters who are as fragile as I am at this moment,” the Pope wrote in the Angelus prayer, which was published in written form as in previous weeks. “Our bodies are weak, but nothing can prevent us from loving, praying, giving ourselves, being luminous signs of hope for one another in faith. How much light shines in this…

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Five years after the first lockdown – traces of the pandemic in Austria

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The first nationwide coronavirus lockdown occurred in Austria on 16 March 2020. Public life was drastically restricted to contain the spread of the virus. Exactly five years ago today, on 16 March 2020, the first nationwide corona lockdown was enacted in Austria to curb the spread of the disease. Austria went into a state of emergency that was to last for several months. Nobody knew the effects at the time. Measures in AustriaThe first corona death was reported on 12 March 2020, and four days later the first lockdown was…

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