Category: Austrian News

While the sun will prevail at times in many regions, fog, patches of high fog, and dense clouds will cloud the sky. Precipitation is to be expected, especially in the western parts of the country. Temperatures will remain in the wintry range and vary depending on the region. Sunday will be divided into two parts Today, Sunday, in the early hours of the morning, there will be areas of fog and high fog in the lower-lying regions of the north, east, and south. However, these will usually clear at least…

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Wholesale prices rose at the start of the year. According to preliminary calculations by Statistics Austria, there was an increase of 1.3% compared to January 2024. Compared to the previous month of December 2024, wholesale prices rose by 1.5%. “After Austrian wholesalers mostly lowered their prices in 2024, we are seeing an increase again at the beginning of 2025,” said Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas in a press release on Friday. The slightly stronger price increase compared to the previous month can be explained, among other things, by the…

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The perpetrators obtain personal data via text messages and deceptively genuine-looking bank websites. A group of criminals operating throughout Austria is believed to have tricked several men and women with “phishing traps” at the beginning of January. One of them is a 36-year-old woman from southeastern Styria. On 7 January, she reported that she had been lured to a deceptively real-looking bank website via text message and entered personal data using a QR code. The police said on Friday that money was then withdrawn from her account in Vienna. It…

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The unusually spring-like temperatures will be over again starting next weekend. A cold front across Austria will bring rain and fresh snow in some federal states. A maximum of eight degrees is expected for the weekend. The cold front from the northwest will reach the whole of Austria on Friday. It will remain cloudy throughout the morning. However, it should remain dry in the east and south. Otherwise, isolated rain showers may occur. The maximum daily temperatures will be between three and eleven degrees at most. Many dense clouds will…

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Do you receive calls from the number +4369010537864, and they speak to you in English with a strong Indian dialect? The displayed telephone number, 004369010537864, is the result of so-called call ID spoofing. This involves a telephone computer spoofing the outgoing number and pretending that the call is coming from a different location or telephone network. Number +4369010537864: What is the caller’s destination?・The number belongs to an Austrian mobile network. ・The callers mostly speak English, sometimes German, but always with a strong Indian accent. ・They claim to work for an…

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Energy prices for the average household rose for the second time in a row in December 2024. The Energy Agency announced in a press release that costs rose by 0.5 percent compared to November. However, they fell by 12.1 percent year-on-year, as the prices for natural gas and firewood fell compared to December 2023. However, prices are expected to rise this year. Higher prices for diesel (up 1.1 percent), premium petrol (up 0.9 percent), and heating oil (up 1.5 percent) caused the Energy Price Index (EPI) to rise in December.…

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A deposit system for disposable plastic bottles and cans was introduced in Austria at the turn of the year. Now something is also happening for returnable containers: the deposit of 9 cents per bottle, which has been in place for 40 years, is being raised to 20 cents, according to the Austrian Brewers’ Association. The “classic 0.5-litre beer bottle,” which makes up 90 percent of these returnable containers, will be most affected. The changeover will occur “in the night from 1 February to 2, 2025.”. The “Standard” recently reported on…

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From 23 January to 2 March 2025, Rathausplatz will be transformed into a huge ice rink that will delight skating fans of all ages. The Vienna Ice Dream is one of the largest open-air artificial ice rinks in the world, on two levels. The fantastically illuminated façade of City Hall forms the fairytale backdrop for the Vienna Ice Dream. An approximately 10,000 m² ice landscape provides young and old skating fans alike with entertaining winter fun. A special experience is the Sky Rink, an ice skating terrace on the second…

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Today, it will be foggy in the Danube region and the southeast. There is a risk of black ice in Lower Austria, Vienna, and Burgenland, where it may rain or snow. In the mountains, it will remain dry and foggy. Temperatures will be between minus 9 and plus 4 degrees. In the lowlands, Thursday will often continue with fog or high mist. However, more and more clouds from a cold front will move in from the west, and in Vorarlberg, it will start to rain lightly in the morning hours.…

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