Category: General Interest

New Year’s Day in Austria again sunny and very mildOn New Year’s Day, it will again be sunny and very mild in most of Austria, with highs between twelve and 18 degrees. Especially in the east and south, however, fog or high fog may persist in places, and here it will remain significantly cooler with highs around seven degrees. Warmest turn of the year since measurements began in SwitzerlandIn Switzerland, meanwhile, one of the warmest turn of the year since measurements began in the middle of the 19th century became…

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Traditionally, there is little traffic on the streets of the Croatian capital Zagreb between Christmas Eve and Epiphany. Only in the bank branches, it jams here and there. “That’s how we Croats are,” smiles bank manager Matilda Aljinović, who comes from Split. “Everything that goes, we put off until the last deadline.” Since January 1, 2023, precisely zero o’clock, it is now possible to pay with euros in the youngest EU country. Croatian credit institutions prepared for the change of currency earlier than the citizens. “As a bank, we started…

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From February 2, 2023, the §57a certificate will have a new look and a QR code. With the help of this QR code, an electronic version of the expert opinion can be retrieved from the central database. As of May 20, 2023, the mileage and consumption data of vehicles registered for the first time as of January 1, 2021, must be recorded in the course of the §57a appraisal. This data, including the vehicle identification number, is sent to a central database at the Ministry of Transport and, from there,…

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Today is the last day of the year 2022. Most people won’t shed a tear for this particular year. Tomorrow, January 1, 2023, and the twelve months we have to face are ahead. One way or another, there is no way around it because the hands of the clock always tick the same and never stop. The new year. What will it bring us? Will it be a good one? Will Corona be over soon? Will the war in Ukraine finally end? What faces will it show us? Questions over…

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Given China’s current Corona infection wave, more countries are tightening their controls on people entering the country from the People’s Republic. Spain and South Korea also announced testing obligations on Friday. The German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) considers that currently “not yet necessary” but announced a close-meshed “variant monitoring” at European airports. In Austria, no compulsory testing is currently planned, according to the Ministry of Health. After nearly three years of strict precautions, China’s leadership abruptly ended its zero corona policy on December 7. According to officially unconfirmed internal…

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What are the symptoms of the corona, flu or cold? The differences are hard to tell. We must be prepared for more and more periods of illness in the winter months, especially when there is an increase in colds, flu infections and corona. This year’s flu wave is, unfortunately, already in full swing. Corona, gastrointestinal viruses and typical cold viruses are also present. In Vienna, you can get a free flu vaccination since November 2. But what if you are already sick? What is the difference between the symptoms of…

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On New Year’s Eve, luck is conjured up for the following year. But beware: with these five foods, you can also bring bad luck into your house. Even if you don’t think much of superstition otherwise, everything is different on New Year’s Eve! Why else do we give our loved ones lucky little charms, marzipan and cast monstrosities made of lead or wax to predict the future? Everyone wants to have luck in the new year! And if you can conjure it up with certain foods, such as lentils –…

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The most exciting and bizarre customs and traditions circulate during the New Year. Hanging out laundry over New Year’s Eve: why?The belief that you should not leave laundry hanging on the clotheshorse over the New Year has (as so often) to do with ghosts. There are a few versions of this: According to ancient tradition, evil spirits come into the world of the living after the “winter solstice.” First and foremost, Wotan, the skin god of the Germanic tribes or god of the dead and storm, is on the move…

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Similar to last year, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day will be extremely mild, according to forecasts. Highs are expected to range between ten and 18 degrees. “Only in case of persistent fog can it remain cooler, with highs around six degrees,” Sabrina Marth of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said on Wednesday. This puts the maximum values in the range of the records, both of which date from the previous year. According to the report, the highest temperature on New Year’s Eve day was 18.3…

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