Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner announced an extension of border controls with Slovakia for another 20 days in a press conference on Thursday. The department head referred to corresponding talks with his Czech Republic and Poland counterparts. Border controls with Slovakia started in the previous weekThe border controls began on October 4 and were limited to ten days. The argument was that smuggling routes should be prevented. The step is being taken in close coordination with the Czech Republic, which, together with Poland, has extended border controls with Slovakia and…
Read MoreToday, October 13 is World Day Against Breast Cancer
According to Statistics Austria, 30 percent of all new cancer cases in women were breast cancer in 2022. This continues to be the most common cancer in women. World Metastatic Breast Cancer Day on October 13 aims to draw attention to this. Eighty-seven percent of those affected survive the disease thanks to improved early detection measures and advances in therapy. Around 1,700 women (and 20 men) died each year in recent years due to breast cancer. World Metastatic Breast Cancer Day is on October 13.The cancer has already metastasized at…
Read MoreAt the weekend comes the significant weather fall
For the time being, Austria’s peaceful late-summer weather has ended: From night to Sunday, a cold front will reach Austria, which will cause a significant cooling. In the morning, the experts of Geosphere Austria forecast locally also minus temperatures. In the north and east, Friday will start with a few remaining clouds, but sunshine will soon prevail here. Otherwise, the sun will shine from early to late, and it will be hot for this time of year in the afternoon. In the Danube region, a moderate westerly wind will blow…
Read MoreSalary Report – how much one earns in Austria
According to the new salary report, incomes rose 8.9 percent this year. The pharmaceutical industry pays the best, and the catering industry pays the least. The highest salaries are in Vienna. The median income in Austria is 50,633 euros gross per year (up 8.9% from 2022), according to the new salary report from recruiter Stepstone. This is the “median,” which means 50% are above and 50% below this value. More than 40,000 data points were analyzed for this purpose.The disadvantages faced by women were also surveyed. Assuming the same conditions…
Read MoreProtective immune memory in organs through corona vaccination
After a vaccination, antibodies not only patrol the blood, but the body also builds up a protective immune memory in organs such as the kidneys or lungs.As the university hospital reported Wednesday, researchers at Berlin’s Charité University Hospital have proved this using mRNA vaccines against the coronavirus. According to the study, the immune memory cells in the organs are even more numerous than in the blood and have enhanced antiviral defence functions. Enhanced antiviral defence functionThe researchers assume that similar processes also occur after other vaccinations. There were already corresponding…
Read MoreRecord number of summer days in October
October is not yet two weeks old, but new record values have already been measured for the number of summer days. By the 10th of the month, there were already four days with at least 25 degrees in Eisenstadt, for example, according to an evaluation by Geosphere Austria. The previous record was three summer days, reached in four years, last in 2011. There were two summer days each in the provincial capitals this year in St. Pölten, Linz City, Salzburg Airport, Freisaal, Innsbruck, Vienna, Hohe Warte and City Center. Graz…
Read MoreThe oldest trace of humans found in the Americas: Settlement believed to have occurred much earlier than thought
Who were the first people to set foot on American soil? We already knew that the settlers from Europe were not the first since Native Americans (who, by the way, have been wrongly called “Indians” for generations) preceded them. Several works have been carried out to unravel this mystery. While the date of the arrival of humans on this continent has been estimated at -14000, a new study published in Science pushes back this date by several tens of thousands of years. Footprints discovered in New MexicoScientists have consulted footprints…
Read MoreEnd for the cell phone signature
As of December 5, Austrians will have to change their digital identity for good. On this date, the ID-Austria will finally replace the cell phone signature that has also been used. Also accepted in other EU countriesFlorian Tursky (ÖVP, Austrian People’s Party), Secretary of State for Digitalization, justified the change with the technical security standards. In addition, he said, ID-Austria also meets European standards so that it can be accepted in other EU countries. According to Tursky, the cell phone signature currently has 2.8 million users. However, 1.5 million also…
Read MoreAnnual average wage in Austria
Have you ever wondered why you can afford less despite wage increases? The reason is real wages. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), these have slipped worldwide due to inflation and last year’s weak GDP growth – and for the first time this century. Wages cannot keep pace with steadily rising consumer prices. That means less purchasing power despite higher salaries. The figures are based on data from Numbeo, the world’s largest cost-of-living database. All amounts have been converted from US dollars to euros. Austria: Average €28,290There is no…
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