Category: Austrian News

The trick is subtle: the phone rings, an Austrian number—even one that seems familiar to you—appears on the display, and there is a fraud right next. Cases are rising, and more and more Austrian phone numbers are being stolen, hijacked and abused by criminals for their illegal masks. “Spoofing” is the term for that. In most cases, the number’s valid owner does not learn anything about it until it is too late. In September alone, the telecommunications regulatory authority RTR had 2556 cases of misuse of its number. For comparison,…

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The second month of autumn also starts summery in Austria on October 3. Even monthly records are within reach on the northern side of the Alps. The hot autumn weather continues. According to the Austrian Severe Weather Center experts, the temperatures at the beginning of the week rise widely to a summery level; in the second half of the week, only a temporary moderate cooling is in sight. After the warmest September since the beginning of measurements in large parts of Central Europe, October also gets off to a hot…

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The freeway sticker in the coming year will shine sunny yellow from the vehicles and be available from the end of November, as Asfinag announced on Friday. According to the statement, a price increase is not planned. The adhesive and digital annual vignettes for passenger cars will again cost 96.40 euros. The new vignette is valid from December 1 and can be purchased at approximately 6000 Asfinag sales partners in Austria and abroad. The current vignette is purple. It will be replaced no later than January 31, 2024. “The choice…

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Autumn has arrived, and the leaves on the trees have begun to change color. In the coming weeks, there will again be some changes. Users of older cell phone models will soon no longer be able to use WhatsApp messenger service; in Upper Austria, the first new public university in 30 years will start operating, and we will be “given” an hour’s sleep. In addition, bargain hunters will get their money’s worth in October, as will comic fans. A pilot project is being launched in Upper Austria and parts of…

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September will go down in Austria’s history as the warmest on record. For long stretches, it was as warm as in the middle of summer, with little sign of autumn. With a temperature deviation of more than three degrees, an ancient record from 1810 was broken. By the end of the century, such a September could be the norm. Meanwhile, 2023 is on track to be one of the warmest years on record. The fact that the days are now shorter than the nights is not currently noticeable in the…

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The government has begun disbursing the new child subsidy for low-income families. The support is 60 euros per month per child. In the first month, 14 million euros will be paid to 232,365 children. Families are eligible for unemployment benefits, emergency assistance or equalization supplement, single parents with a gross monthly income of less than 2,000 euros, and social welfare recipients with children. The child allowance for low-income families is paid out.The transfer of the child allowance is automatic until the end of 2024, as stated in a release. So,…

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Following an increase in the inflation rate in August, inflation in Austria is likely to have eased again in September. This is due to exceptionally high price increases in September 2022, which adjusts inflation for this effect in this year’s September. In August, inflation in this country was 7.4 percent. Statistics Austria will publish its latest flash estimate on Friday. The figure is also vital for collective bargaining negotiations. Austria is one of those countries in the eurozone with high inflation. In Germany, inflation fell to 4.5 percent in September,…

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Viennese parking sheriffs now scan the number plates of cars to determine whether the owner has a permit to park adjacent to them; the old parking sticker, previously a visible sign as a white-blue adhesive label that you are not allowed to get a ticket in your home district, has become obsolete. The city of Vienna is relying on digitalization in parking space management. As of October 1, it has “stuck it out”: no more new parking stickers will be issued in the future. Vienna is converting the existing system…

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The coming days will still be warm in late summer. However, the weekend will bring an unpleasant change in the weather. Until Friday, an extensive high-pressure bridge extends from the Iberian Peninsula to northeastern Europe, providing us with late summer weather. Only on Saturday, with a frontal system from the northwest, will it briefly become unsettled before high air pressure reasserts itself on Sunday—the outlook in detail. From the night to Thursday, the sky remains starry in most parts of the country; in the west, however, compact cloud fields move…

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