Category: General Interest

The coming week will remain cloudy and unsettled. According to ZAMG, rain or even snowfall is possible again and again. The week is already starting with many clouds. In addition, there are tenacious fog and high fog fields over the north, east, and southeast regions, with an upper limit of up to about 1,100 meters, forecasts from the ZAMG. From the fog, it drizzles at times; from about 600 meters, there is local freezing fog. The beginning of the week brings snow in the west of AustriaIn the west, rain…

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As of January 2023, families will receive additional relief against inflation. By increasing the family allowance, the family bonus, and the child deduction, they will benefit from up to 625 euros more per child per year. If there is more than one child, the relief increases again. Families with children are also strongly affected by the continuing inflation in Austria. Some relief measures have already been implemented, such as the increase in family allowance in August. However, these one-off payments cannot cushion the price increase in the long term. From…

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Last week, a jump in flu cases was observed, especially in Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, and Styria. Run on free flu vaccinationIn the previous calendar week (week 46), there was a sharp increase in the number of influenza cases in Austria. However, epidemic levels – i.e., a flu wave – have not yet been reached, MedUni Vienna’s Center for Virology reported on Thursday. The flu reporting service of the city of Vienna estimated 16,250 new cases of flu-like infections and influenza for the previous week. Jump in the number…

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In the summer, it goes in an instant – off with the laundry rack on the balcony or in the garden, and already a little later, pants, socks, and T-shirts are dry again. But what do you do in winter, when the laundry has to dry indoors, and you don’t have a dryer or don’t want to use one for the sake of the environment and your wallet? Do not, under any circumstances, place the clothes horse in a room without windows. Because that’s how mold can develop, how to…

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Rising fuel costs despite falling oil prices: As of January 1, CO2 pricing will mean paying even more for gasoline and diesel. In the fall of 2021, the federal government agreed on a “CO2 tax”. Due to record inflation and skyrocketing prices, the introduction was postponed by three months from October. The 500-Euro-Klimabonus paid out parallel to it should compensate the Sprit-Plus. Now with January 1, 2023, gasoline and Diesel become more expensive again! But are the fuel prices with the introduction of the “CO2 tax” already around 9.9 cents…

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On December 8, Immaculate Conception Day, drugstores and supermarkets in Austria have a choice whether to open or not. Most domestic supermarkets and drugstores will remain closed on this day this year, including the majority of Bipa stores for the first time. Only locations of the drugstore chain with a so-called duty to operate, such as in shopping centers or train stations, remain open, the Rewe Group announced on Monday in a press release. Only 44 of the 574 Bipa stores will remain open on December 8 due to the…

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The Mozart Boys Choir Vienna is urgently looking for boys who enjoy singing and making music together and want to become part of the choir. What does the choir offer? Boys interested in music and singing are welcome to join the Mozart Boys Choir Vienna from 7 (2nd-grade elementary school)! “We would like to give new boys a chance to get to know the Mozart Boys Choir Vienna during a “real” choir rehearsal. The boys only come together for singing rehearsals and performances twice a week in the afternoon. All…

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Austria has joined the international “High Ambition Coalition to drive the end of global plastic pollution.” In early March 2022, the UN Environment Assembly paved the way for the first time for an international and legally binding instrument to end global plastic pollution by 2040. According to an Environment Ministry statement, the convention is now to be drafted by 2024. According to the statement, the convention will regulate all types of plastic waste, including microplastics, and the entire life cycle of plastics – from production and consumption to waste and…

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Cheers! A laboratory in Zurich has detected alcohol in five of 25 soft drinks. The test was intended to show whether the promises made on the label were true. Supposedly alcohol-free beers have a low alcohol content more often than assumed, the cantonal laboratory reports. Among other things, beers, wines, and alternatives to spirits were examined. Specific product names were not given. Mushroom produces alcoholTwo kombucha drinks came off particularly badly. Although they are considered classically alcohol-free, they have a 1.5 percent alcohol content. The producers had overlooked the fact…

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