Category: General Interest

High pressure “Christine” moves further east on Sunday, but the weather is still calm. At the beginning of the week, the low pressure influence on the northern side of the Alps will increase again. A marginal low pressure system, which moves over northern Germany in the night to Monday, causes stormy gusts at the eastern edge of the Alps on Monday. On Tuesday, another marginal low pressure system moves over Germany, which also has an influence on Austria. In the middle of the week, a cold front announces itself. With…

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Pope Francis called on the faithful for courage in the face of the pandemic at the Angelus prayer at the start of the new year. “We need encouragement. We are still living in uncertain and difficult times because of the pandemic. Many are afraid of the future and are burdened by social difficulties, personal problems, the dangers of the economic crisis, injustices and the economic imbalance of the planet,” the pope said Saturday. The pontiff also turned his attention once again to migrants. “When I look at Mary holding her…

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Several omicron cases in the artistic groups and the associated high number of K1 people has forced the cancellation of all performances of the Vienna State Opera up to and including January 5. The first performance affected is Fledermaus, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today, Jan. 1, the State Opera informed. “We will do everything we can to resume performances on January 6,” emphasized State Opera Director Bogdan Rošcic. “The State Opera has been struggling with Corona for almost two years, and so far, when there has not been a lockdown,…

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December 31, 2021 goes down in history as the warmest New Year’s Eve day since records began. The highest value reached Berndorf (district Baden) with 18.3 degrees, according to the ORF weather department. Just behind Berndorf, 18 degrees were measured in Reichenau an der Rax (district of Neunkirchen). In Wiener Neustadt, it was 17.8. But further west, it was similarly warm: in Krems, the maximum value on Friday afternoon was 17.3 degrees. Such values have never been measured on a New Year’s Eve day in Austria, according to the ORF…

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For families, 2022 brings an increase in the Family Bonus Plus. Starting in July, it will rise from 1,500 euros to 2,000 euros. All employed persons with children will be eligible. This will result in a total relief of 600 million euros more per year, from which 1.75 million children in the country will benefit, the office of Family Minister Susanne Raab told the APA. Also, a new 15a agreement with the federal states is due in 2022 in the matter of childcare. The current one runs only until August…

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Large parties are cancelled again. After 10 p.m., parties are also only permitted with a maximum of ten people – regardless of vaccination status. There are changes for the evenings after New Year’s Eve. How many people are allowed to toast the new year together? Up to ten or up to 25, depending on whether the group includes only vaccinated or recovered guests: In that case, there may be up to 25. If non-immunized people are present, the number is reduced to ten participants, or in other words: from eleven…

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New Year’s resolutions, everyone knows them, everyone has them or had them at least once. Who does not know it, either you yourself or your friends have once again resolved something for the new year, which they absolutely want to implement. In January, the gyms are once again overcrowded (if lockdown would not be implemented again!) and you have to wait until February until you can finally train normally again. Because there most threw their resolutions already again overboard. The most typical New Year’s resolutions actually start with just that:…

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The lockdown for people without valid proof of Corona vaccination or recovery will be extended in Austria until January 10, 2022, for the time being. The main committee on Thursday reached agreement with Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein on the fourth amendment to the sixth COVID-19 protective measures ordinance with the votes of the ÖVP, SPÖ and Greens, giving the green light to update the ordinance, parliamentary correspondence reported. Exemptions for December 31 and January 1, 2022.With the amendment, the slight relaxations approved for New Year’s Eve celebrations on Dec. 31…

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The weather presents itself on the last day of the year from its mild side. According to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center, Vienna will even experience the mildest turn of the year since 1941. The slide into the new year 2022 will be a much too mild one. And the first days of the coming year will remain so, according to the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). Temperatures will reach up to 17 degrees on New Year’s Eve and remain in the…

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