Category: Austrian News

You can see it in the stores again; the Christmas season is starting. However, how much will the holiday season cost this year? Christmas 2023 could be expensive. After all, there has been strong inflation, sugar prices have exploded, and delivery and production costs have skyrocketed. Sweets, in particular, are affected by price increases. Christmas 2023 could be this expensive According to the website, Lidl’s dominoes, for example, will cost 6 percent more than in 2022, while the discounter’s spiced speculoos will be 33 percent more expensive at 1.59 euros.…

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Eating on the Vienna subway has been banned for almost five years. Almost a thousand warnings have been issued this year alone. What happens now? Since January 2019, food has been banned in Vienna’s subway: croissants, cheese sandwiches, and the like must stay outside! The ban on eating on the subway network was introduced almost five years ago and was met with plenty of skepticism and criticism, as a “Heute” survey showed. However, Wiener Linien took a different view. “Every day, around two million passengers use the stations and vehicles…

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Following the warmest September and the warmest October in Austrian measurement history, there are two record months in a single year to report. “As of Tuesday, October 2023, in the Austrian lowlands, it is 3.0 degrees above the average of the climate period 1991–2020, and in the mountains, by 3.4 degrees,” said Hans Ressl, climatologist at Geosphere Austria, summarizing the preliminary evaluation. October 2023 was 3.7 degrees above the mean in the lowlands.Compared to the 1961–1990 climate period, October 2023 was 3.7 degrees above average in the lowlands and 3.6…

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In some places in Austria, we are still sitting in the sun at around 20 degrees – and we are supposed to talk about winter tires. Yes, because from November 1, the situational winter tire obligation applies. The law on situational winter tire obligation in Austria applies from November 1 to April 15 of the following year, no matter what the weather is like. No matter how high the temperatures climb. Hence, “situational.” This means that in winter conditions (snow, slush, ice) only vehicles with winter tires are allowed on…

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On Monday, the southern foehn situation will strengthen over Austria. On the southern side of the Alps, it is often cloudy with cloud accumulation, and it rains more often during the day. Otherwise, from Vorarlberg to Salzburg, extensive cloud fields will pass through, and the sun will shine only occasionally. Further east, it will initially be partly cloudy due to fog or high fog. Otherwise, there will be frequent sunny spells in the first half of the day before more clouds move in. From the evening hours and during the…

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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen addressed the nation on National Day. He pleaded for cohesion and warned against the consequences of divisive politics. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen gave his traditional National Day speech on Thursday evening. October 26, he said, was a day to celebrate all of Austria. Democracy, equality, human rights and peace are all reasons to celebrate. The latter gains importance in times like these: “We cannot be grateful enough for this peace. Because we live in a world in which this peace is anything…

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Those who have planned an outdoor excursion this weekend can rejoice! The weather will again be friendly, sunny and mild. Furthermore, it is possible for temperatures to reach 21 degrees at the beginning of November. But before the sunny weekend can start, it will rain again today, Friday, in the east and south of Austria under the influence of low pressure. Particularly in the south, even partly heavy showers are to be expected. Although Friday will also start cloudy in the west, the sun will be the first to appear…

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The ceremonial program for the national holiday today, October 26, will go ahead in full despite the heightened terror alert level. In addition to the Austrian Armed Forces performance show on Vienna’s Heldenplatz, the Chancellery and Parliament will once again open their doors to the public. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen will also receive visitors at the Hofburg.As far as the heightened terror alert level is concerned, the security situation is being monitored and assessed hourly, as stated in advance. Should the situation require it, the corresponding security measures…

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The latest annual report for 2022 shows that the number of invasive cases of bacterial pneumonia is only slightly lower than the record year of 2019. Therefore, maintaining vaccination protection according to Austria’s vaccination recommendation is essential, the Austrian Vaccine Association warned in a release Wednesday. The decline in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPE) has been temporary due to hygiene measures. With 562 reported IPE cases, we have almost returned to pre-pandemic levels. In 2018, 611 cases were registered, and in 2019, 615. The steadily increasing trend recorded since the national…

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