Category: Austrian News

According to the Sunday geosphere forecast, the coming week will bring very sunny weather. The influence of high pressure will ensure this at the start of the week, and highs of up to 27 degrees Celsius can be expected over the course of the week, including on May 1. However, local rain showers or isolated thunderstorms are possible. The sun will shine from an almost cloudless sky on Monday in the east and southeast. Further west, in East Tyrol and Upper Carinthia, on the other hand, the spring clouds will…

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Elections will be held in the federal capital, Vienna, on Sunday. Around 1.4 million people are being called upon to decide on the future composition of the municipal council, state parliament, and district councils. The election was initially scheduled to take place in the fall. However, the governing parties, SPÖ and NEOS, decided to bring it forward in January. The polling stations are open from 7.00 am to 5.00 pm. There were almost no losers in the 2020 election. The SPÖ achieved 41.6 percent (up two percentage points). Its coalition…

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In the Vienna elections on Sunday, voters can use 1,504 polling stations in the federal capital between 7 am and 5 pm. With a few exceptions, the polling stations for the Vienna election are barrier-free. In addition, all polling stations in Vienna have voting booths that can be used barrier-free. There is also a barrier-free polling station for polling cards at each location. The Vienna Electoral Service asks you to check the address of the relevant polling station in good time. Vienna Election 2025: Hotline helps to find a polling…

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The temperature trend is upwards, especially after the weekend. Even the sun will be out more often. Still changeable and cool until FridayThe weather will remain unsettled in many parts of Austria until and including Friday. Thick clouds, wind, and comparatively cool temperatures will continue to dominate events. Rain is to be expected at times, especially in the north and east of the country, so the umbrella remains a reliable companion. More sun on the weekend due to high pressureThe weather will start to improve on Saturday. An area of…

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As a sign of mourning over Pope Francis’s death, bells will ring throughout Austria on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. to coincide with the start of the funeral celebrations for the head of the Church in the Vatican. This was announced by the Secretary General of the Bishops’ Conference, Peter Schipka, to the Kathpress news agency on Thursday. Austria’s largest bell, the Pummerin at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, will ring for ten minutes.Since the Pope’s death, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, like other churches in the country, has been draped in black…

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Parking tickets in Vienna: Old tickets will lose validity from July 1, 2025. Penalties are imminent, so you shouldn’t throw them away. As of January 2025, Vienna has increased parking fees to 1.30 euros per half hour. Vienna parking tickets purchased before January 1 of this year will remain valid. But beware: the period ends on June 30, 2025, after which the old short-term parking permits may no longer be used. “Anyone who does this anyway is effectively parking without a valid parking permit and must expect a fine of…

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There is currently an increasing number of fraudulent fake calls in the name of the credit card company Card Complete. Criminals are using spoofing to pretend that the calls are legitimate. Watchlist-Internet.at is currently issuing another warning about a brazen scam. Fraudsters pretend to be employees of the card company on the phone. These phishing attacks aim to steal sensitive data. The criminals use “spoofing” to simulate a trustworthy domestic number. This makes it look like the call comes directly from Card Complete. They try to trick you into revealing…

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Easter 2025: Sunshine and up to 25 degrees on Sunday, but a threat of rain and thunderstorms on Monday. Discover the changeable Easter weather in Austria. April does what it wants. This saying could also apply to the weather at Easter. In 2013, for example, a massive cold snap caused wintry conditions with snowfall down to low altitudes. In 2000, on the other hand, temperatures rose to a summery 29 degrees in Salzburg. Once again this year, sunshine will dominate on both days. Up to 25 degrees will be possible…

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Fuel prices remain a constant annoyance for motorists. If you need to fill up your car around Easter, you should choose the day carefully. Because if you fill up (too) early, you will pay more than you have to. Once again this year, the ÖAMTC recommends planning your refueling well around the Easter holidays. Experience shows that Good Friday is the most expensive day of the entire Easter weekend. But even though this critical day is already behind us, caution is still advised. Analyses of the past five years show…

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