Category: Austrian News

Around 8.5 million people in Austria are again entitled to the climate bonus this year. Anyone who has entered their account details on FinanzOnline should automatically receive the money in their account. This route was intended for 7.5 million people. At least in theory. Because this year, too, there are once again payment difficulties with the climate money. One example is that, according to the Austrian Ombudsman Board, vouchers were sent out even though the climate bonus had been transferred to the same people the previous year. According to the…

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Austrian households are groaning under massively increased prices. Nevertheless, the government is sticking to a further increase in the CO2 tax on fuel. At the end of November, Finance Minister Magnus Brunner received a letter from Austria’s Energy Agency. The topic is the “fossil fuel energy price index for private households.” Based on the price development for fossil fuels over the past twelve months, the index calculates how much drivers will have to pay for the CO2 emissions they cause in 2024 and whether a so-called “price stability mechanism” will…

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Vienna: Vienna continues to grow steadily but at a comparatively moderate rate in the coming years. According to current forecasts, at least the figures of the past decades will no longer be reached. Since the 1990s, the federal capital has gained 500,000 inhabitants. The curve will flatten out over the next 30 years, i.e., until 2053. During this period, Vienna is expected to grow by around 300,000 people. The Danube metropolis only recently passed the two million population mark. According to the latest calculations, it will be well over that…

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The new Digital Vignette 2024 is now available. What is essential to consider, and what is now changing for drivers? Since November 13, the new digital vignette has been available in the Asfinag toll store and the free Asfinag app, as well as at the six toll stations, ÖAMTC, ARBÖ and ADAC, and at selected petrol stations and tobacconists. Registration of the license plate eliminates the need for sticking and scratching off, and a replacement vignette is no longer required in case of a broken window. Even owners of interchangeable…

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According to the latest forecast from Geosphere Austria, the weather in Austria will remain unusually mild in November. Daytime highs of up to 17 degrees Celsius are possible, while early morning temperatures could be below zero degrees Celsius. Rainy start to the new weekIt will rain frequently and widely on Monday in large parts of the north and east, while the snow line will slowly rise to over 2,000 meters. In the south and southeast, there will be some dense clouds but also sunny spells, and it will remain dry…

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Austria is maintaining its border controls with Slovenia and Hungary. As the Ministry of the Interior announced on Saturday, checks will continue for a further six months after November 11th. Austria is also currently carrying out checks at the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At all other borders, there are “intensive controls in the area close to the border”. “Border controls are an important tool for the police to combat people smuggling and asylum abuse consistently. In the current situation, however, the controls are also important to combat…

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Vienna is officially in the pre-Christmas season. On Friday, Mayor Michael Ludwig and South Tyrolean Governor Arno Kompatscher ceremoniously illuminated the Christmas tree at the Christmas market on Rathausplatz. The tree on Rathausplatz is ItalianThe Christmas tree on Vienna’s Rathausplatz was illuminated on Friday after dark by Mayor Michael Ludwig and South Tyrolean Governor Arno Kompatscher. “The lights that we are illuminating on the beautiful South Tyrolean tree today should be a sign of cohesion in our society,” Ludwig said. Instead of letting “terror and hatred divide us,” the focus…

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1.2 billion euros have increased funds for digitization for the coming year. Most of this will be spent on broadband expansion, with eGovernment in second place, which now involves linking the various data registers of the ministries, explained State Secretary Florian Tursky (ÖVP). In concrete terms, this should be visible on the new digital ID card or the digital registration certificate. Linking the data collections of the ministries is necessary to provide official digital channels, said Tursky. So far, for example, you have to bring proof of citizenship to apply…

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Friday will begin rainy, and the rainy weather will continue over the weekend. On Sunday, however, the weather will become increasingly sunny. According to the Geosphere Austria forecast, frosty temperatures are expected in some parts of Austria in the morning. Highs will be up to eleven degrees at the weekend and up to 14 and 15 degrees on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. Rainy start to the weekendOn Friday, the country’s eastern half will see rain throughout the day, accompanied by many clouds. The precipitation may be heavy, especially in the…

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