Category: Austrian News

For the weekend, the weather shows its spring-like side. But a new cold front is just around the corner, bringing rain back into the country. After the snow, rain and thunderstorms, the weather finally shows its spring-like side from the weekend. However, a cold front is already causing unsettled weather again next week. At the beginning of the weekend, a pronounced low-pressure system moves from the Benelux countries towards the English Channel. It continues to cause unsettled spring weather, especially in the west and southwest of Austria. According to UWZ…

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Vienna is slowly but surely heading towards two million inhabitants. According to the latest figures, Austria’s federal capital currently has 1,982,442 inhabitants. Due to the war in Ukraine, Vienna could break the two million inhabitant mark this year. In 2024, the new urban development plan will be presented to the city council for a decision. “In the new concept, we will focus even more than before on inner-city measures to make public space more attractive in response to the climate crisis,” the city of Vienna’s planning director, Thomas Madreiter, told…

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The payout of the Vienna Energy Bonus 2023 has already started.As of April 17, applications for the Vienna Energy Bonus 2023 can be submitted. We explain who is eligible and how you can get the support. Vienna extends “Energy Support Plus“The deadline for applications for the Vienna Energy Bonus 2023 begins on Monday, April 17. Single-person households with a gross annual income of up to 40,000 euros and multi-person households with a gross yearly income of up to 100,000 euros will be supported with 200 euros each. Up to 650,000…

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The weather remains unsettled; on Thursday, even snowfall is forecast once again. But shortly after, a summer day will blossom for us. Also, at the beginning of the new week, April is moody; in the sphere of influence of an easterly current, it remains changeable and has a maximum average temperature. “Spring just doesn’t want to get going in April this year,” writes UBIMET meteorologist Konstantin Brandes. On Thursday, there should be a brief comeback of the winter roller with snowfall down to just below 1,000 meters. After that, however,…

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The use of SMS Services continues to decline among Austrians. “In the RTR Telecom Monitor for the 2nd quarter of 2012, we reported the unique peak value for Austria of around 2000 million SMS sent. More than ten years later, it is ‘only’ 284 million SMS sent in Austria in Q3 2022,” Klaus M. Steinmaurer, RTR’s managing director for the Telecommunications and Post Division, said on Friday. The decline is mainly due to the heavy use of messenger services. “The downward trend in SMS services will continue, but they are…

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From Monday, the electricity subsidy will be opened to another group of people, who until now would have possibly fallen over for it.Stromkostenzuschussgesetznovelle – what sounds unwieldy will soon bring significant financial relief to numerous Austrians. Because many have so far fallen over themselves around the electricity price brake, which came into force on December 1. How could this happen? Many entrepreneurs have their main residence at the seat of their enterprise. As a result, they draw their household energy via their electricity meter on the one hand and the…

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Up to 50 litres of rain per square meter accumulated in Austria from Wednesday morning until noon. But only at low elevations; at higher elevations, the precipitation arrived as snow, Geosphere Austria (formerly ZAMG) reported. Thus, it snowed in large parts of the mountainous region and the Waldviertel. The precipitation amounts so far would roughly correspond to those in an average whole of April, summed up Geosphere climatologist Alexander Orlik. “Around 50 liters per square meter rained, for example, in Klagenfurt, Graz and St. Pölten, around 40 in Bregenz, Salzburg,…

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Austria is in for some heavy rainfall. Here is the weather forecast for the next week. In the mountains, it will be wintry again. A low-pressure influence will bring mostly dense clouds already on Friday. It will still rain persistently and sometimes heavily, especially towards the north and east, forecasts from Geosphere Austria. Snow will fall in places to just under 500 meters, but mostly the snow line will move around 1,000 meters. Weather forecast: Only a few sunny windows at the weekendIn the far west, the precipitation will subside…

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A discount has been fixed for customers of Fernwärme Wien: There is a 20 percent discount on the basic price, explained Finance and Economic City Councilor Peter Hanke (SPÖ). Thus in an average household, approximately 80 euros is saved itself. The city council has recently already held out the prospect of a reduction in district heating. Prices had recently risen massively, with quite a few households paying more than double. At the same time, Wien Energie recorded profits. According to Hanke, a three-digit million amount is forecast as the annual…

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