Category: Austrian News

This weekend, the Kaisermühlentunnel in Vienna will be closed. ÖAMTC expects traffic jams and delays and informs about the detours. Kaisermühlentunnel will be closed.From Friday, October 7, 22:00, to Sunday, October 9, 16:00, road users will have to plan for considerable delays and traffic jams around the Kaisermühlen Tunnel (A22/A23) due to a closure. All exits and entrances to and from the tunnel will also be impassable. Especially on Saturday, the ÖAMTC experts fear extensive obstructions. Tunnel Kaisermühlen in Vienna closed at the weekend: DetoursAccording to ÖAMTC, there will be…

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The city of Vienna presented a new relief package for the 23 Viennese municipal districts on Thursday. What will be unique now? Positive news for the 23 municipal districts from Vienna City Hall. Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) presented a package to significantly ease the burden on Vienna’s district budgets on Thursday as part of a cross-party working group. “We are very pleased about these concrete proposals to reform the district budget ordinance. Especially in challenging times, the functioning of all services at the district level is essential,” said the city…

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Soccer star David Alaba is Austria’s Sportsman of the Year 2022. Alaba is narrowly ahead of the two Olympic skiing champions, Matthias Mayer and Johannes Strolz. Soccer champion Red Bull Salzburg was honored as Team of the Year at the Lotterien Sporthilfe Gala in Vienna’s Stadthalle. Anna Gasser, who got gold in the last Summer Olympics, is the sportswoman of the year. Gasser and Alaba received the NIKI trophy, named after Niki Lauda, for the third time. Anna Gasser had already been awarded in 2017 and 2018, while 30-year-old David…

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Twenty-eight thousand six hundred eighty-two active corona cases were recorded in Vienna on Wednesday – 8,867 more than the previous week. This points the way to new measures. On Wednesday, 18,621 new corona cases and twelve fatalities were reported across Austria. A week ago, the number of new infections was 14,389. Vienna alone recorded 28,682 active cases on Wednesday – an increase of 8,867 cases compared to Wednesday of the previous week. The occupancy in Viennese hospitals also increased massively: 473 (+ 134) patients were in normal wards on Wednesday,…

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The CO2 tax has been in effect in Austria since October 1, 2022! And according to a recent ÖAMTC check, fuel prices have risen noticeably. Last Saturday, October 1, the starting signal was given for the additional CO2 pricing. At the gas pumps, a sharp rise in prices could already be observed then. “The price jump cannot be due to the new CO2 pricing: gasoline that was already stored before October 1 was still purchased by the gas stations without the additional surcharge,” holds ÖAMTC transport economics expert Martin Grasslober.…

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This year’s Corona autumn wave is picking up steam, with 17,882 new Corona infections reported on Wednesday, the highest figure in six months. With much lower testing numbers, more than 124,000 people are now actively infected with SARS-CoV-2 again. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population is now shy of triple digits at 989.2. Hospitals have had to admit 122 more infected people since Tuesday. 1,985 Corona-infected in the hospitalsThus, there was an increase within 25 hours of 6.5 percent. On Wednesday, 1,985 Corona-infected people were in domestic hospitals, 80 in…

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The numbers surrounding Corona continue to rise across the board. Not only did the infection numbers, active cases, and incidence continue to increase, but the number of hospital patients increased again. Since Friday – weekend hospitalization and testing figures will not be available for now – 187 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection joined other hospital patients, authorities reported Monday. As of Monday morning, 1,697 people with corona infection are in the hospital. Of those, 71 people require care in intensive care units. This number also rose by three since Sunday and…

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When the situation becomes more difficult again in the fall, the mask obligation would have to be reintroduced in Austria, Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) said. However, while the infection figures have again skyrocketed massively and the hospital exposure figures are also rising significantly, the minister is still hesitant. On Tuesday, not only 13,416 new infections were reported, but also already 1863 people who need to be treated in hospitals. The covid autumn wave has thus started significantly earlier than in previous years. Globally, Austria is already in third place…

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Eight thousand eighty new Corona infections were reported in Austria on Monday. In the hospital, 1,697 people with Corona infection were treated. Seventy-one people had to be cared for in an intensive care unit. Corona numbers continue to rise in all areas. Not only did infection numbers, active cases, and incidence continue to spike, but the number of hospital patients has also increased again. Since Friday – weekend hospitalization and testing figures will not be available for now – 187 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection joined other hospital patients, authorities reported…

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