Category: Austrian News

Suddenly the account is empty – just because of a small scan. They are practical, can be seen everywhere, and are extremely dangerous: QR codes. Throughout Austria, the police are warning of a new, perfidious scam. Criminals are shamelessly exploiting the increasing popularity of the square codes to obtain the data and money of unsuspecting citizens. Drivers who buy parking tickets by cell phone are being targeted, and customers of banks and parcel services are also being targeted increasingly. The perpetrators are acting with frightening sophistication. The scam is simple,…

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In recent months, QR code fraud at parking machines in Austria has increased significantly. The so-called “quishing” is particularly deceitful. Criminals manipulate QR codes on parking machines, for example, and use them to lure unsuspecting drivers to fake payment pages. “Do not scan any codes”The real QR codes are covered with almost identical stickers. Anyone who scans the code ends up on a fake website where sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, are then entered. Following an increase in cases of fraud, the police and AK are now warning…

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A woman from Salzburg (48) from Flachgau actually wanted to save money when buying a vignette. But instead, she lost 48,000 euros.The 48-year-old used a search engine to find a “fake” online store. Believing that she had purchased a vignette for only 96.40 euros instead of the 103.8 euros offered by ASFINAG, she confirmed a so-called SMS-TAN. However, as she did not receive a confirmation by email but another request to confirm an SMS-TAN, the woman from Flachgau became suspicious and subsequently discovered that almost 48,000 euros had been debited…

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How do Austrians prefer to pay? According to a recent survey by bank99, in which 400 people took part, cash remains the preferred payment method, especially for smaller amounts (75 percent), trade services (66 percent) and restaurant visits (60 percent). Nevertheless, debit cards also play an important role, for example, at petrol stations (49%), clothing stores (47%) and supermarkets (43%). Payment behaviour: Women prefer cash, and men prefer digital payment methodsHowever, there are differences between the sexes: Women prefer cash more often, while men increasingly use credit cards or smartphone…

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In the rest of the country, sun and clouds will alternate. Isolated rain showers may also spread to the eastern lowlands by the evening. The wind will freshen briskly from the south to southeast along the main Alpine ridge and in the foehn valleys on the northern and eastern edge of the Alps. Otherwise, it will remain rather weak. Temperatures will be between 1 and 9 degrees in the morning and 12 and 19 degrees during the day. Unsettled start to the new weekThe unsettled weather situation continues. The start…

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Changeable and cloudy weather will follow high-pressure weather, but temperatures will remain relatively mild. Geosphere Austria forecasts that temperatures could even exceed 20 degrees at the weekend. Dense cloud fields at the weekendToday, Saturday, a disturbance zone from the southwest with many, sometimes dense, cloud fields will move across Austria. Rain showers are expected, especially south of the main Alpine ridge. The snow line will be above 1,600 meters above sea level. The sun will usually only appear occasionally between the dense clouds, with the longest spells in the west.…

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The days are getting longer, temperatures are rising, and flora and fauna are returning to life – spring is just around the corner. In the northern hemisphere, including Austria and the rest of Europe, the calendar spring began on Tuesday, 20 March 2025, at 10:01 a.m. Central European Time (CET). Equinox usually differentCalendrical spring always begins at the equinox, i.e. when the sun is exactly over the equator. In March, the so-called “subsolar point” – the place above which the sun is at its zenith – moves from south to…

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In recent years, there have been many discussions about charging for parking in Shopping City Süd. So far, however, nothing has come of such plans. This will change on 14 April. From then on, customers will only be able to park their cars free of charge for four hours. After that, they will have to pay 2.50 euros per hour, as the SCS informs on its homepage.The parking garage will also charge a fee from the first minute. Only Westfield Club members can park for two hours free of charge.…

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From 2022 to 2023, the increase was still 7.4 percent. This affected 1.79 million main rental apartments in Austria, a quarter of which were temporary, with an average rental period of 11.4 years. In 2024, a main rental apartment, including operating costs, cost an average of EUR 653.60, which corresponds to EUR 9.8 per square meter, according to Statistics Austria.Excluding operating costs, 492.5 euros per apartment or 7.4 euros per square meter had to be paid. The previous year’s operating costs amounted to 163.7 euros per apartment or 2.5 euros…

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