Category: Austrian News

The Ministry of Finance communicates through notices delivered by mail or in the FinanzOnline Databox.A new scam is happening now that the annual pay slips are rolling in. The Treasury Department shows an example of such a message. The great time of the employee assessment has arrived. This is exactly what brazen fraudsters have now taken advantage of. With the help of fake SMS messages in the name of the Austrian Tax Office, they are trying to entice people to transfer a certain amount of money, warns the Federal Ministry…

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Inflation remains high: for February 2023, it is expected to be 11.0 percent, according to calculations by Statistics Austria, as part of a flash estimate. Compared with the previous month, the price level is thus expected to rise by 1.0 percent. A trend that looks different in many parts of Europe. In January, inflation was 11.2 percent – the highest value in the current wave of inflation. The inflation calculation measures how much prices have risen in the past 12 months. Food and energy expensive “The continued high inflation rate…

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By March 15, the Covid forecasting consortium expects infection numbers in normal wards to top 2,000 patients. While the federal capital has now also said goodbye to compulsory masks in public transport and court and official buildings (“Heute” reported), corona numbers, and with them hospitalized Covid 19 patients, have recently risen again in Austria. The Covid Prognosis Consortium’s current assessment assumes that further growth will be expected in normal wards. One thousand five hundred eighty-two corona-positive patients were in domestic hospitals on Tuesday, 86 in intensive care units. Austria’s seven-day…

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Experts from the Covid forecasting consortium do not think it is impossible that hospitals will have to treat more than 2,000 corona-positive patients in normal wards in the future. While the federal capital has now also lifted the mask requirement in public transport, courthouses, and official buildings, corona figures and, thus, the number of hospitalized Covid 19 patients in Austria have recently risen again. The Covid Prognosis Consortium’s current assessment assumes that a further increase will be expected in normal wards. More than 1,500 Corona-positive patients in hospitals1,582 Corona-positive patients…

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The year 2022 was financially challenging for many – rampant inflation is biting more and more of many Austrians’ income. Every year, there will be a little relief for employees starting March 1: Depending on the case, you can get some back from the state via tax equalization. In addition, electricity will become cheaper again, and pensioners can look forward to a pensioner bonus of up to 500 euros—the most important relief in March at a glance. For the first time, people with low incomes (up to 24,500 euros per…

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In Vienna, as of today, Wednesday, the Viennese special regulations regarding Corona measures are history. The regulation, valid until the end of February, was not extended. Thus, there is no longer a mask obligation in public transport and pharmacies. Also, the PCR test obligation for visitors in hospitals and nursing homes is cancelled, and the visitor limit of three persons per day is abolished. Public transport users in Vienna will also notice another change: parallel to the end of the mask obligation; Wiener Linien will reopen the front doors in…

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Inflation and high energy costs are major challenges for many Austrians. Things can get particularly tight financially if a notebook or microwave oven breaks down. The good news is that the repair bonus can still be applied in 2023: up to 200 euros – and so even several times a year. Since 2022, people residing in Austria have been able to apply for support in the event of unexpected additional costs – in this case, the repair of an appliance. Also, this year, there is this possibility on the part…

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The Omicron variant XBB.1.5 has spread in Austria within a few weeks. Hardly any other country records so many new Corona infections. Starting with the much-discussed mask obligation in Vienna’s public transport system on February 28, 2023, Austria’s last coronavirus measures are falling by summer. The Omicron variant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about 60 percent of Corona infections in Austria, as molecular biologist Ulrich Elling wrote on Twitter. This is an absolute first, as no recombinant line managed this before XBB.1.5. At first glance, this is not reflected in the…

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At the beginning of the new week, a low-pressure system increasingly shifts from northern Italy towards Sardinia. Thus, in the Alpine region, the high-pressure influence from the British Isles strengthens, and the weather calms down again. Until midweek, there will be little change in this weather situation. Monday will be mostly cloudy, with clouds making way for sunshine in the northeast and later in the south. In the mountains, a few flakes will fall from time to time, but significant new snow is not expected anywhere. The wind will blow…

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