Category: Austrian News

Last winter, there were around 4,000 flu deaths in Austria. The 2022/23 flu season, expected to be strong after the first two pandemic years, thus resulted in casualty numbers similar to those that occur on average about every five years. This is according to data published Wednesday by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). For 2021/22, statisticians reported 652 flu deaths, and none the winter before due to the effect of Corona measures.Since there is no mandatory reporting of influenza in Austria, it is the case that the…

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Every Austrian of age will receive a climate bonus of up to 220 euros this year. After the summer, the most well-known bonus of the past year returns. If also in a somewhat different version: On the one hand the anti-inflation dividend of 250 euro is wholly omitted, on the other hand, the climatic bonus is paid out this year for the first time in such a way as it was planned with its conception also regionally graduated. Depending upon the place of residence, each Austrian gets between 110 and…

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In Austria, Inflation reached 5.9 percent in February 2022, the highest level since August 1984.According to Statistics Austria’s flash estimate, Inflation for June is at 8%. This means it has fallen but remains at a high level. Statistics Austria’s flash estimate puts Inflation at eight percent for June. Director General Tobias Thomas: “Inflation has continued to slow down in June 2023. According to a first estimate, Inflation is at 8.0%, down from 9.0% in May.” This is the lowest level since May 2022, they say. “The decline is primarily due…

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Stable summer weather is not in sight even with the start of the big summer vacations in eastern Austria. Right at the distribution of certificates on Friday, a cold front crosses the country from the west, forecasts Geosphere Austria. Thus, the clouds predominate in the west from the morning, and there it rains again and again. Also, individual thunderstorms are embedded. In the eastern half, it will be sunny for longer. Gradually, dense clouds, rain showers and thunderstorms will also spread here. Sunny and hot weather in the east: rain…

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The U4 subway line will not run between Schwedenplatz and Schottenring for most of July. The reason is modernization work on concrete girders. During the summer vacations, Vienna’s public transportation system is in trouble. Wiener Linien is using the school-free period for modernization work – we reported. The work starts on July 1 on the U4 line. As of Saturday, the line will be divided: There will be no service between Schwedenplatz and Schottenring. This is because modernization work on the reinforced concrete girders is scheduled to last until July…

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Almost 500,000 children and young people in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland start their nine-week summer vacations today, Friday, after distributing school reports. For the approximately 660,000 students in the other federal states, the vacation will not begin until a week later. School starts again on September 4 in the east and September 11 in the west. More than 30,000 students have attended summer school in the last two weeks, effectively bringing forward the start of school. With the start of the vacations in eastern Austria, the Czech Republic and…

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According to Greenpeace, the best-before date (MHD) for food is only a guarantee of freshness. This results from the long-term check of the environmental protection organization, which Greenpeace published on Tuesday. According to this, five of six products were still edible even three months after exceeding the best-before date. Only the hard-boiled eggs failed the sensory test after one month; the testers then refrained from a taste test. All other products – fresh eggs, Striezel, assorted bread, Selchroller and fresh cheese – passed the tests and were perfectly edible while…

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Starting July 1, energy price cuts will be passed on to Wien Energie customers. The City of Vienna owner will pay 340 million euros for this. The situation in the international electricity market has been easing for weeks. However, this has not reached the consumer – yet: After EVN, as well as Energie Burgenland, announced price reductions of 15 to 20 and 15 to 25 percent, respectively, and Verbund reported a price reduction of fewer than 20 cents/kWh for regular customers, Wien Energie now electrifies with the news of electricity…

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Today it will be boiling again; the weather will change temporarily before the next heat wave is upon us. The thermometer will climb up to 32 degrees today. Meteorologists predict a perfect bathing day with many suns, almost no clouds and heat. Once again, the baths and lakes in Upper Austria will be stormed. Rightly so, you should take advantage of the beautiful weather, because tomorrow it will be over again for the time being. There comes a complete weather turnaround. It cools down and may rain. Rain showers are…

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