Category: Austrian News

The Corona situation in Austria remained stable on Friday ahead of the Christmas holidays. According to AGES, four thousand six hundred six new infections were reported the previous day. This is in line with the weekly average of 4,666 positive tests daily. 1,194 SARS-CoV-2-infected people were in the hospital Friday morning, down 53 from Thursday but up 17 week-over-week. Sixty-one covid sufferers were in intensive care, the same number as 24 hours ago. In this week’s preview, the Covid forecasting consortium’s model calculators expected a steady situation in hospitals and…

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Also, in 2022, you can get the Peace Light in Vienna again from the Red Cross or the professional fire department home. We have all the addresses at a glance. Every year, the ORF Light of Peace shines at Christmas in many living rooms at home. The following overviews of where the Peace Light can be collected in Vienna. Pick up the Light of Peace 2022 at the Vienna Fire DepartmentOn December 24, the Light of Peace will be available free of charge at all main fire stations of the…

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Since Christmas – like New Year’s Eve – falls on a Saturday, parking tickets are generally not required in Vienna. Nevertheless, when choosing a parking space, you should pay attention to signs and ground markings. On December 24, 2022, no parking tickets will be required in Vienna due to the Saturday, remind the ÖAMTC traffic experts. Exceptions are business streets, train stations and hospitals, and parking lots in the vicinity – so be sure to pay attention to the parking signs. Caution for residents’ parking lots on December 24, 2022Particular…

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The flu wave has hit Austria particularly early and particularly hard this year. Most recently, an incidence for the first week of December was calculated at 4338. This corresponds to 394,000 new infections. The number of new infections in Vienna climbed to almost 34,000 last week. A record 25,200 cases of influenza or flu-like illness had already been reported in the first week of December. For all of Austria, the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) most recently calculated an incidence of 4338 such infections per 100,000 inhabitants. In…

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Since December 24, 2022, falls on a Saturday, numerous stores will be open. Here you can find all the info on the opening hours of supermarkets, drugstores and shopping centers in Vienna on Christmas Eve. Whether it’s Christmas presents, groceries or a Christmas tree: if you still need to shop or get gifts on December 24, Vienna also offers a few opportunities to do so on Christmas Eve. At Christmas, last-minute gifts can still be done in retail stores until 1 p.m., according to Vienna’s opening hours ordinance. Retailers of…

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There will probably be no white Christmas in any provincial capital this year. Along the northern Alps, the weather will be less than pleasant. This is the forecast. Austria is currently caught between an extensive low-pressure area over the British Isles with precipitation and a high over southeastern Europe. With a westerly high-altitude flow, mild air masses of subtropical origin are feeling their presence in the mountainous areas, while cold air is lingering in the northeast and the southern basins. In the middle of the week, a weak cold front…

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Warranty law It started well before. On January 1, 2022, the new regulations on warranty law came into force, making it easier for consumers to enforce their warranty claims if the purchased goods have a defect. Austria did not take on a pioneering role in this respect; instead, it was a matter of complying with European directives. Attorney Robert Suppan from the Suppan/Berger law firm in St. Veit an der Glan explains why the amendment is nevertheless a significant improvement from the consumer’s point of view: “To be able to…

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Corona numbers are rising, though they are doing so more slowly now than in previous weeks. An overview of the figures for the week so far: 3,119 reported infections on Monday and 5,113 new infections on Tuesday, 6,751 infections on Wednesday, 5,469 cases on Thursday and 4,918 new conditions on Friday and 4,280 on Saturday. Three thousand five hundred sixty-two new infections on Sunday rounded out the week. And how does it look on Monday? According to a report by the Austrian newspaper “Heute,” 3,562 new infections and one death…

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They’re rising slowly, but they keep rising – the corona numbers in the country keep going up. Authorities report 4,280 new viral cases on Saturday. Corona numbers are rising, though they are doing so more slowly now than in previous weeks. The values of the week so far at a glance: 3,119 reported infections on Monday and 5,113 new infections on Tuesday, 6,751 infections on Wednesday, 5,469 cases on Thursday and 4,918 new conditions on Friday and 4,280 on Saturday. The reported figures were mainly higher than the previous week’s…

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