Month: June 2025

The number of fraudulent text messages pretending to be family emergency calls has risen sharply recently. According to RTR, there were more than 1,000 complaints about text message scams in May—the highest number in months. Messages with the so-called “family trick,” i.e., alleged emergency calls from children or grandchildren, are particularly common. Increase in scam text messages with daughter, son, and grandchild tricksThe perpetrators use familiar-looking messages such as “Hi Mom, my cell phone is broken. Write to me on WhatsApp” to obtain sensitive data or money. “Three-quarters of all…

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Saturday: The hottest day of the year so farToday, Saturday, temperatures in many regions are expected to reach between 26 and 34 degrees. In the west, especially in the Inn Valley and Walgau (Vorarlberg), local temperatures of up to 35 degrees are possible. It will be very sunny throughout the day. Only in the afternoon will a few large cumulus clouds form in Tyrol and Vorarlberg. In these two western provinces, there may be heat thunderstorms, occasionally heavy. It will remain dry in the other regions. It will also stay…

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Vienna is facing the need for massive budget cuts, which is why the red pencil is now being applied more frequently. The city’s debt is reportedly approaching 2 billion euros, meaning residents will have to brace for significant belt-tightening in the coming years. According to a recent statement by Mayor Michael Ludwig, “It has not yet been decided whether the annual pass, which costs 365 euros in Vienna, will become more expensive in the future as part of the planned savings package.” This suggests that public transport could soon see…

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