Category: Austrian News

Still no sign of early summer: as the experts from Geosphere Austria predicted on Sunday, it will remain wet and cool in the coming week. The culprit is an Italian low, expected to spread over the entire country from Tuesday.Monday starts in the west and north with many dense clouds and rain. In the day, however, the clouds will loosen up locally, and by the evening, there will finally be a mix of dense clouds with some sunshine in almost all parts of the country. However, the tendency for showers…

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The Ice Saints bring fresh snow and lots of rain to Austria. The weekend will be unsettled, cloudy, and rainy. Mother’s Day will also literally fall in the water. In addition, the maximum values are between 11 and 15 degrees, which is too cool for the season, according to weather experts. The reason for this is an Italian low. According to the forecast, the rainy days will continue next week. Improvement is not in sight until Friday, May 19. There is also goes with the temperatures, especially in the west…

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The weather presents itself on the weekend from its uncomfortable and especially wet side. Also, with the temperatures, it goes downhill. The foothills of the North Sea low “Zoltan” in interaction with forming Italian joint influences the weather pattern in Austria. This will initiate a cooler and more unstable weather phase, which will last at least until the weekend. This will not change much at the beginning of the week; the low-pressure influence and, thus, the unsettled weather character will remain with us. On Friday, the calm and often wet…

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Pleasant temperatures and sunshine in the east, rain and thunderstorms in the west – already in the past days, the weather in Austria played crazy. With the start of the Ice Saints, snowfall and minus degrees on the Turracher Höhe (Carinthia) make the weather chaos in Austria perfect. Similar temperatures were also measured in Wolfsberg. The reason for the drop in temperature is an Italian low, which will get more and more influence over the weather in Austria in the coming days. Also, on the weekend, there is no improvement…

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The government presented a package against inflation on Wednesday. The main issue is the price of energy, but also food. The measures are intended to put the onus on corporations. It is a thorn in the government’s side that falling wholesale prices for electricity and gas are hardly passed on to end customers by energy companies while, at the same time, high profits are being made.As he announced on ORF’s “Report,” Social Affairs Minister Johannes Rauch wants an energy package to be decided before the summer and to take effect…

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As of June 11, 2023, you will pay more for ÖBB tickets in 1st and 2nd classes. According to the company, cost pressure makes the increase necessary. Train travel will become more expensive from June. According to a statement, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) will raise ticket prices in 1st and 2nd classes by 5.8 percent as of June 11, 2023. ÖBB ticket prices are more expensive as of June 11The dynamic pricing system will remain in place, meaning the earlier tickets are purchased, the cheaper. The following price adjustment will…

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Austria still lags significantly behind other countries when it comes to Internet speed. As the speed test of the U.S. Internet company Ookla shows, Austria ranked only 56th internationally for stationary Internet connections in March. This was well behind other European countries such as Spain, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Sweden and Finland. In terms of mobile Internet, Austria was in the 21st place. The front-runner was Singapore, with a download speed of 235.4 megabits per second (Mbps). It was followed by the United Arab Emirates (221.87), Chile (220.39) and China…

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According to Geosphere Austria’s forecast, Austria will start the week with sunshine, especially in the east and north. In the west, however, it will be rather cloudy with a tendency to showers. From Wednesday, there will be dense clouds. Tuesday is expected to be the warmest day of the working week with 23 degrees Celsius, then it cools down again, but around 18 degrees are still possible until Friday. Still, from Wednesday again, increasing rain showers are forecast. The weather this week is characterized by a lot of rainOn Monday,…

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Between 4,500 and 5,000 patients die annually in this country from bacterial infections caused by hospital germs. These deaths could almost certainly be prevented by correct hand disinfection in hospitals, the Semmelweis Society stressed on the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day on Friday, March 5. Hygiene must not be underestimated.The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria means that many of these infections can no longer be adequately treated, it said. Alcohol-based disinfectants“At home, simply washing hands with soap is enough, but in healthcare facilities, hands, instruments, and surroundings must be…

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