Category: Austrian News

The digital driver’s license has been activated more than 300,000 times in Austria. Soon, it will no longer necessarily require a check card. State Secretary for Digitalization Florian Tursky and Finance Minister Magnus Brunner cited new data on digitalization in Austria on Sunday. So far, more than one million people have been identified as using ID Austria, and the digital driver’s license has now been activated 302,300 times. Now there is to be another innovation: Currently, the digital driver’s license can only be started by people with a check card…

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Today, Monday, June 19, Austria could crack the 30-degree mark for the first time. But the forecast model is still quite uncertain. The 30-degree mark has not yet fallen this year. It should remain so for the coming week: “On Monday (June 12), up to 29 degrees are possible in Vorarlberg, but then it will be cooler again nationwide. Thus, with the highest probability, the 30s will not be cracked this week again,” explains Nikolas Zimmer of “Ubimet” on Saturday afternoon – all about it here. But ORF weather expert…

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Today, Sunday, locally strong thunderstorms are expected again from Carinthia to Burgenland. According to the Austrian Severe Weather Center experts, the humid and thunderstorm-prone air from the north will slowly be pushed away. However, and calm early summer weather will set in at the beginning of the week. Sunday will start cloudy in large parts of the country, and a few showers will fall in the southeast. In the day, especially from Vorarlberg over the Innviertel to the Weinviertel, the sun will appear more and more often, but otherwise, it…

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The weekend will bring temperatures up to 28 degrees, especially in the west. In the east and south, heavy rain must continue to be expected. In the west, high-pressure influence with sunny weather will prevail from today, Friday. The low center in high layers will shift further eastward. Thus, it will remain very unsettled in the rest of Austria with an alternation of sun and clouds and an increasing shower and thunderstorm activity during the day. Friday, further local heavy rainThe focus of showers before the start of the weekend…

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The GIS becomes the ORF fee: although it is supposed to be cheaper for citizens, the government is asking hundreds of thousands to pay even more. The so-called ORF fee is de facto a done deal, and its implementation in parliament is planned before the summer break. The media negotiators from the Greens and the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) are still discussing the final details and whether/which objections from the review of the law might still find their way into it. However, there should be no more significant changes. The…

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As of September, everyone who has lived in Austria for 183 days as of July 1 will again receive the climate bonus. Children will receive half the amount, while prisoners will be left empty-handed this year. The bonus amount depends on the region (110 and 220 €). Only the Viennese receive the initial amount of €110, while the bonus is €150 in area districts such as Floridsdorf or Simmering.You can find out which category you fall into (€110, €150, €185, €220) at klimabonus.gv.at. The money will be sent to your…

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Over the long weekend, the weather returns from its unsettled side. Rain showers and thunderstorms are on the way, especially in the east and south of Austria. However, temperatures will remain summery warm. Geosphere says the low-pressure center will lie in higher layers over Austria on Thursday. Thus, the first thunderstorms and showers will already form during the morning hours in the south and east. During the day, the thunderstorm activity will spread almost over the entire federal territory, but locally heavy rainfall is expected again. The sun will appear…

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Starting in July, Corona will be treated legally like all non-notifiable infectious diseases. According to a government, bill passed Tuesday in the Health Committee with a majority of votes from the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Green Party, Covid-19 will thus be transferred from the pandemic system to the regular system, parliamentary correspondents reported. Test costs will only be borne by people with symptoms.As a result, as of July 1, health insurance will only cover the testing costs for people with symptoms. However, it said a general testing infrastructure…

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A new help against inflation comes in Vienna.Due to inflation, Vienna has now announced another housing subsidy. Vienna’s mayor Ludwig once again criticized the federal government for failing to pass a rent brake. As the city of Vienna announced, recipients of minimum security and benefits under the Unemployment Insurance Act, housing assistance or compensatory allowance will receive a one-time subsidy of 200 euros from September. This would benefit around 245,000 Viennese in the federal capital. No application necessary for further help against inflation in ViennaThe city of Vienna said no…

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