Category: General Interest

Austria: Since October 1, the new climate ticket is available in advance: To date, it has been sold 25,117 times in Austria.This was reported by the responsible minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) on Saturday: “You can clearly see: many people want to travel in a climate-friendly way.” The greatest demand so far has been for the Climate Ticket Classic. Of these, 13,814 tickets were ordered (55 percent).8,289 of the Klimaticket Jugend have been sold so far (33 percent). 2,763 tickets fell into the Climate Ticket Senior category (eleven percent) and 251…

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Every year, the police are looking for around 600 new recruits in Vienna alone. Since 2007, the Vienna Police have been making a targeted effort to recruit Viennese with a migration background for police work.Yesterday, Deputy Mayor and City Councillor for Integration Christoph Wiederkehr attended the “Vienna needs you!” event at the Amtshaus Floridsdorf. “Vienna is a city of diversity and we want to reflect this diversity in all areas of life. The long-standing and successful cooperation between the city and the Vienna Police is a showcase project for this.…

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After data from Israel had already suggested effectiveness among over-60s, the same could now be shown for all age groups. In Israel, as is well known, administration of the Corona booster vaccines began comparatively early. They also rolled out the booster vaccines to the entire population (over-12s) before any other country. A corresponding amount of data is now available there on the effectiveness of the third-party vaccinations. On Thursday, a group of researchers led by biologist Yinon M. Bar-On of the Weizmann Institute of Science now published results for the…

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The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize this year goes to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. Journalist Maria Ressa of the Philippines and journalist Dmitry Muratov of Russia will be awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for protecting freedom of expression. The Norwegian Nobel Committee made the announcement Friday in Oslo. They would be honored “for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.” At the same time, both are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a…

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Under Republic Act No. 9189 as amended by Republic Act No. 10590, all citizens of the Philippines abroad, who are not disqualified by law, at least eighteen (18) years of age on 09 May 2022, and who are registered overseas voters, may vote in the National and Local Elections on 09 May 2022. All qualified Filipino citizens who are not registered overseas voters may file their applications for registration at the nearest Embassy/Consulate or other registration center authorized by the Commission on Elections. The Philippine Embassy in Vienna is open for…

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According to the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) on Thursday, one must partly expect night frost. The details: In Vienna it will be sunny at the weekendFriday will start mainly around the main ridge of the Alps and also from East Tyrol to Burgenland with numerous residual clouds of the night. In the northern part of the Alps between the Tyrolean lowlands and the Mostviertel, a few raindrops will fall. The snow line will be between 1,700 and 2,100 meters above sea level. These remaining…

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Lockdown policies have led to significantly more illness among children worldwide, according to a recent study. The aid organization Save the Children reported this today, citing data from the “Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker.” Cases of depression, anxiety, loneliness and even self-harm have increased. Survey results from more than 13,000 children in 46 countries were considered. Eighty-three percent of the children reported an increase in negative feelings due to the pandemic, according to the data. These feelings were far more evident among the majority of children (96 percent) after schools…

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Windows 11 is here, but very few users are already seeing an upgrade offer on their computer. On October 5, Microsoft officially launched Windows 11. However, this does not mean that all computers can now be updated. Only on a few devices do users already see an upgrade offer. Quite a few PCs will never get Windows 11, and most computers won’t get their turn until next year. But as usual, Microsoft allows impatient users to get there faster and offers several ways to do so. First of all, it…

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AstraZeneca vaccine developer, immunologist Sarah Gilbert, is calling for a more equitable distribution of available Corona vaccine doses. Writing in a peer-reviewed journal Wednesday (Oct. 6), she said greater efforts must be made to ensure vaccines reach poorer countries in particular. By early September, just over 40 percent of the world’s population had received at least one vaccine dose, but barely two percent in the poorest countries, it said. Booster vaccinations and childhood immunization, as was already happening in Western countries, would increase pressure on supply chains. As long as…

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