Category: Austrian News

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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Vienna could reach the two-million mark earlier than expected – as early as this year and not just in 2027. This is because the city grew faster last year than in decades. This is mainly due to immigration, and there again, primarily those who fled the war in Ukraine. Vienna once had more than two million inhabitants – the 1910 census counted 2.08 million. “In 2022, Vienna has grown by about 50,000 people, solely due to immigration. Half of that is due to immigration from Ukraine,” Ramon Bauer, head of…

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With immediate effect, documents such as a birth or marriage certificate can be downloaded via the “Digitales Amt” app.In addition to registering in the app, the prerequisite is possessing a cell phone signature or ID-Austria and paying a fee. According to a dispatch from the Ministry of Finance on Thursday, this new “document service” will also be further expanded. Digital office app: document service to be further expandedThe data of all persons for whom there has been a change in the civil status register since 2014 has been automatically recorded…

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April continues – also when it comes to the weather. At least the first half of the week brings warmer temperatures regionally.According to the Geosphere Austria (formerly ZAMG) forecast, the weather will remain changeable and unsettled in the coming days. At least it will be warmer in the first half of the week, at least regionally. Temperatures just below 20 degrees may well occur. Cold front brings rain and snow on TuesdayOn Tuesday, a cold front will cross Austria during the day. Thus, cloud cover will remain widespread, especially during…

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For weeks, scammers in Austria have been up to their mischief online and digitally. Now it is important to pay attention to a new crooks scam. In recent months, there have been an increasing number of fraud attempts in Austria. The so-called “son/daughter trick” is particularly sophisticated. In a short message sent by SMS or Whatsapp, the crooks pretend to be the child of the person being contacted. Because the old cell phone is allegedly damaged, money must be transferred to an account. As before, gullible people fall for this…

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After cloudy-cold days, Austrians can finally soak up some sun again on Easter Monday – but not for long. On Easter Monday, the low-pressure system moves away, and we come under the influence of an intermediate high-pressure system. However, the calm and often sunny spring weather does not last long because, already the night to Tuesday, the frontal design of a low-pressure system called PETER reaches the country from the northwest over the North Sea. During the day, the front spreads further, and thus it becomes wet nationwide. On Wednesday,…

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Today, Easter Sunday, the cold front especially brings gloomy and unsettled weather in the eastern half of Austria sad and unsettled weather – including rain showers and partly snow. Only on Easter Monday the sun comes back intermittently. On Easter Sunday, it will then remain cloudy and cool. In the east, the search for outdoor Easter nests could prove particularly difficult, as rain showers, some of them heavy, are expected during the day. Even isolated snowfalls cannot be ruled out. A few sunny clearings will only appear from Vorarlberg over…

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These days, hundreds of thousands of Viennese will receive a letter informing them about the payment of the next 200-euro bonus. Last year, Viennese households received a 200-euro bonus in their bank account against the increased energy costs. The only condition was that the gross annual income of a single-person household must not exceed 40,000 euros or 100,000 euros for more than one person. Therefore, a total of more than 630,000 households received the bonus. However, because energy, rent, and food prices are still well above pre-crisis levels in 2023,…

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The Easter weekend will be frosty and changeable, according to the forecast of Geosphere Austria. As we search for Easter nests, temperatures in Austria will remain mostly in the single digits. Good Friday starts with sub-zero temperatures; intermittent rain is possible.On Good Friday, minus four to plus five degrees are still expected in the morning, with daytime highs of seven to 15 degrees, Geosphere Austria predicted. It is the warmest in the south of Austria. In addition to many dense clouds, the day in Salzburg, Upper Austria, and parts of…

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