Category: General Interest

As a further measure against inflation, all Klimaticket users will receive a free month starting in July. The action applies to new customers and a renewal of the Öffi-Karte. “Especially in times of high fuel prices, the Öffis is a climate-friendly and cost-saving alternative,” released Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens). Anyone who buys an Austria-wide climate ticket from the beginning of July to the end of December 2022 can use it for 13 months instead of twelve at no additional cost. For those who already have an Austria-wide climate…

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For the coming weekend, ZAMG announces a heat wave with highs up to 35 degrees in Austria. The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) has announced a heat wave in Austria for the coming weekend, which is expected to last at least until the beginning of the coming weeks. Thus, there is midsummer weather with lots of sunshine, isolated heat thunderstorms, and temperatures around 30 degrees. In the west of Austria, even up to 35 are possible, especially on Sunday. Austria expects a heat wave with highs up to…

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Vienna also announced further steps against inflation on Tuesday. Now the new Viennese energy support is extended by a further column, as mayor Michael Ludwig and finance city councilor Peter Hanke (both SPÖ) explained on Tuesday. A one-time payment of 200 euros is planned. They said that around 650,000 households, or more than 1 million people will get the said bonus. The Minister of Social Affairs wants to improve the energy bonusIncome limits must be observed to receive the compensation: Eligible are in Vienna main registered with a maximum annual…

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Within one week, the number of infections in Austria has almost doubled. Corona numbers are on the rise again in Austria. The EU’s epidemic prevention agency (ECDC) warns about the new omicron variants. Experts predicted it weeks ago: the two new sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 of the Omicron virus strain will cause a new Corona wave in Austria in summer. These mutations are already overrunning Portugal. At the end of May and the beginning of June, there were about 30,000 new infections per day in the famous vacation country. 30,000…

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On Thursday, the feast of the Heart of Jesus, popularly known in Austria as “Fronleichnamsfest” or Corpus Christi, will be muggy-warm weather with partly heavy thunderstorms. It will often be sunny and increasingly hot on Friday and the weekend. According to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center (www.uwz.at), however, regionally severe thunderstorms are emerging on Corpus Christi with the passage of a disturbance. Thunderstorms and showers expected in Austria on the holidayThese will spread eastward during the day under intensification and reach the eastern and southeastern lowlands in…

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With rising temperatures, the air conditioning is also turned up more. However, cooling the air increases the risk of infection, now warns the Upper Austrian Medical Association. A maximum of five to eight degrees should be between the outside and the cooled interior. A too strong temperature change favors namely infections, so the specialist group representative of ear, nose, and throat medicine in the medical association, Georg Langmayr. With air conditioning, however, the air becomes not only cold but also dry. This can quickly become a problem and dry out…

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There is free admission at the open air summer cinema Kaleidoskop at Karlsplatz in Vienna. With free admission, Vienna’s summer cinema Kaleidoskop takes place from July 1 to 17 at Karlsplatz. We have the complete 2022 program at a glance. Program at Kino am DachAfter two exceptional years, Kaleidoskop returns to Vienna’s Karlsplatz and celebrates film and cinema cultures in public spaces with a film festival of diverse urban societies in the fourth edition curated by CineCollective. 17 films at the open air summer cinema Kaleidoskop in Vienna.On the program…

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In the coming days, warm weather will promise the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). First, however, a cold front will pass through on Monday morning and bring some clouds and showers again. Especially in the west, the week begins cloudy and rainy. In the afternoon, the rain subsides, and the sun comes out. Further in the east, it remains instead with partly heavy showers, and thunderstorms can also be embedded. The weather will become increasingly summery in the coming daysIn the afternoon, especially in the southeast, the tendency…

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Travelers abroad to the USA will no longer have to present a negative coronavirus test before their flight on Sunday. The CDC health authority in Washington announced this on Friday (local time). The pandemic has “entered a new phase” due to widespread vaccination, the availability of treatment options, and increase immunity within the population, the agency said, explaining the move. As a result, it said, the risk in the U.S. of becoming severely ill with corona or even death has decreased. The U.S. travel industry had long called for an…

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