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The weekend starts with more snowfall. But in three provinces, there is a yellow weather warning because of strong southern foehn. On Saturday, an Italian low will again shovel milder air masses to Austria and end the early winter phase, forecasts by the UBIMET severe weather center. The country will remain in a foehn southerly flow over the weekend; warning level yellow has been issued for Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg. The unsettled but relatively mild weather will remain with us until the beginning of the new week. In the recent…

A study shows that mouth masks pollute our environment. Three million masks are thrown away every minute. Mouth masks protect us from infection with the coronavirus and are now part of our daily lives. Researchers at Southern Denmark have now found that 129 billion respirators are thrown away worldwide. That means three million masks end up in the trash every minute. Most of these discarded masks are disposable and made of microfibers like plastic. Given this incredible amount of plastic waste, scientists are concerned about the impact all these masks…

Depending on your profession and earned income, you can expect your first pension to increase by 100 to 200 euros if you work one year longer. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Economic Research Institute on behalf of the association Aktion Generationengerechtigkeit, which was presented on Monday. The values for the pension refer to the corridor pension to be started between 62 and 68 and are calculated on an earned income from 2019. 100 to 200 euros more pension per month, with one year more workThe…

Currently, there is an increase in scams and fraud attempts under the well-known deception plot “daughter trick request for money transfers.” A 57-year-old woman from Graz fell for scammers on November 28. An SMS with a new number. The sender would supposedly be the woman’s daughter. The wording:” I have a new number. Please contact me”. In the conversation, unknown persons demanded a cash transfer to a Lithuanian account. The 57-year-old did so. A day later, the scammers demanded the woman’s credit cards. She then filed a complaint. The damage…