Category: Austrian News

The Corona situation in Austria remains stable, but numerous other viruses plague citizens. It got off to an incredibly fast start and was even named “super-variant.” Omicron derivative XBB.1.5. In the U.S., the highly contagious sublineage quickly accounted for a quarter of cases, and it is also on the rise in Austria. Although it has slowed down somewhat in the meantime, as molecular biologist Ulrich Elling shows in his graph, experts are currently unable to give a clear assessment of where XBB.1.5 will lead in Austria: “The current data are…

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The coming week will be pretty wintry in most of Austria, with daytime temperatures around plus four degrees. Geosphere Austria then forecasts more snow on Friday. Winter will remain with Austria for the most part in the coming days, even if it will initially become much milder in the east at the beginning of the week. In the south and southeast, there will be snow and rain at the beginning of the week. From Friday, it will be wintry again everywhere, according to the forecast of Geosphere Austria (formerly ZAMG).…

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The standard and category rents were already adjusted by law in 2022. Another recommended rent increase is imminent in April as part of the inflation adjustment. Although the Ministry of Justice publishes the upcoming adjustment only in March, the Chamber of Labor has already calculated how much the rents will increase this time. “From April 1, the standard rents will increase by 8.6 percent. For a tenant or a tenant are the average additional costs of about 490 euros a year,” says Thomas Ritt, expert of the Chamber of Labor.…

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The onset of winter continues and intensifies. Fresh snow is expected throughout the East, hitting the Vienna Woods region especially hard. On Sunday, a low-pressure system passing to the northeast will bring fresh snow, especially in the East and north. Already out of the night, however, heavy snowfall will start in the East. Several centimetres of fresh snow can be expected up to the lowlands in the afternoon and evening and then widespread in the north of the country and Upper Austria. “Temporarily, it will also snow heavily, with the…

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Vienna’s city center woke up in a white winter dress on Saturday. During the night, a low-pressure area caused a decent snowfall. Low-pressure area “Khang,” in connection with a northerly flow, provides snowfall over the weekend, especially along the northern Alps. In the night to Saturday, even the previously snowless federal capital was affected; the Viennese awoke under a delicate winter dress. The reason for this is a pronounced low-pressure complex over Central and Southern Europe, which determines the weather in the Alpine region. In addition, a small-scale low pressure…

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A new app for waste separation aims to make it easier to dispose of packaging and its various components properly. Too much packaging still ends up in residual waste. In addition, up to 18 percent of waste is still mistakenly put in the yellow garbage can or the yellow bag. This is now set to change. The “Digi-Cycle-App” of the company Saubermacher and Altstoff Recycling Austria (ARA) aims to better communicate the handling of waste separation to Austrians, according to a statement on Thursday. New collection of plastic waste since…

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The weekend weather will be quite wintry in Austria, according to Thursday’s Geosphere Austria weather service forecast. In the eastern lowlands and on the southern side of the Alps, it will remain dry in many places except for a few snowflakes. In the morning, it will be minus nine to minus one degree; in the day, at most, it will be minus three to plus three degrees. Also, some snowfall is expected on Saturday in many regions. On the other hand, the south will be under the influence of a…

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The pandemic is not over yet in Vienna’s public transport system: everyone has to wear an FFP2 mask. But this could now soon be an end. Health Minister Johannes Rauch wants to abolish all Corona laws, which has implications for Vienna. The current COVID regulation is valid in Vienna until February 28, 2023. By this time, experts will evaluate how to proceed with the mask requirement in public transport, pharmacies and healthcare facilities, according to the office of Health City Councilor Peter Hacker. As it looks, the mask obligation could…

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The downward trend in new SARS-CoV-2 infections continues. Approximately the same should remain in the utilization of intensive care units. Conditions are also declining, according to effluent monitoring and official testing figures. In its Wednesday update, the forecasting consortium predicts a further decline in the number of infected people in regular wards – from 777 on Wednesday to 659 in two weeks (range of variation from 515 to 843 occupied beds). In Austria, 2377 laboratory-confirmed new coronavirus infections were registered Tuesday. According to AGES, an average of 1885 infections were…

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