Cold front approaching! March fairy tale soon over

admin

Saturday: Lots of sunshine, foehn and still mildThe calm and friendly spring weather will continue on Saturday. Individual patches of fog that form in the valleys or over lakes in the morning hours will dissipate quickly. After that, sunshine will predominate. Initially, there will be at most thin veil clouds in the sky, which will hardly cloud the sunlight. However, due to the Sahara dust, the atmosphere may again appear slightly hazy. In the course of the afternoon, the clouds will increase somewhat in the south and east. Nevertheless, it…

Read More

Lent: These are the things you absolutely must bear in mind when fasting!

admin

If you follow the right rules, fasting can be refreshing, invigorating, and liberating.Myth 1: You only lose water when fastingYes, much water is lost at the beginning – that’s normal. But fasting can also burn fat if you do it right. It is important that you drink enough and don’t fall back into your old eating habits straight after fasting. Otherwise the yo-yo effect will be here before you can say “break the fast”. Myth 2: drink, drink, drink!You can go without food for a while—without liquids, it becomes critical.…

Read More

Washing your hands with soap is most effective

admin

Whether you wash your hands with cold or warm water makes no difference. The decisive factors are the duration of the washing process and the use of soap to remove pathogens as effectively as possible. Hand washing is an important measure to prevent communicable diseases such as gastrointestinal infections and respiratory diseases. However, for respiratory infections, only a recent publication by the German Society wrote for General and Hospital Hygiene.“It can also be observed time and again that washbasins in public toilets are often only equipped with cold water, users…

Read More

Pope Francis is supplied with oxygen

admin

After suffering from pneumonia, Pope Francis had to go through two respiratory crises again at the beginning of the week. The head of the Church’s state of health has since been “stable.” The 88-year-old spent another quiet night without any further incidents, according to a Vatican bulletin on Thursday morning. The Pope’s breathing was again supported overnight with a noninvasive mechanical ventilator. Pope Francis is being supplied with additional oxygen. This is done partly with a breathing mask and partly through cannulas. According to Vatican sources on Thursday, the Pope…

Read More

EU countries agree to introduce the Entry/Exit System (EES)

admin

The new agreement provides for the entry-exit system to be introduced gradually. The European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally launch the Entry/Exit System (EES), an automated register for short-term travelers that has been repeatedly delayed due to technical problems and a lack of preparation. The agreement reached by the interior ministers in Brussels paves the way for a launch in the fall, although no fixed date has been set. The Member States now have two options: They can introduce the new system at once or operate it in…

Read More

Austria: Cell phone and internet tariffs will be more expensive from April

admin

Every April, the price of cell phone and internet tariffs in Austria is adjusted. The basic fee for the tariffs is adjusted to the consumer price index (CPI) to compensate for inflation. This is made possible by so-called value protection clauses in the contracts. While the increase was quite substantial at around 8 percent in view of the high inflation of recent years, the figure is lower this year. If you have a tariff with an adjustment, you can expect just under 3 percent this year, as the CPI, based…

Read More

Weather change: First over 20 degrees, then even the snow returns

admin

But anyone looking forward to a sustained start to spring could be disappointed as early as next week. The first weather models indicate a marked cooling – possibly with a late onset of winter. Here is a detailed outlook for the coming days.Pure sunshine after a frosty morningWednesday presents itself from its best side. Even in the morning, the sky over the city is almost completely cloudless. Only the early hours of the morning are still quite chilly. It was locally frosty, especially in the outer districts, where temperatures fell…

Read More

Ash Wednesday 2025: What is the meaning of ash?

admin

Ash Wednesday, which falls on 5 March 2025, marks the beginning of the Church’s Lenten season. The meaning of ashesBut the quotation from the missal also points to another custom of this day, the ash rite. In ancient times, ashes were a sign of transience, a detergent, and the basis for making soap. Thus, the ashes are, at the same time, a symbol of mourning and purification. On Ash Wednesday, public penitents wore a penitential robe sprinkled with ashes in the Middle Ages. Afterwards, in memory of the biblical expulsion…

Read More

New ranking: Viennese café among the top 3 in the world

admin

A new ranking selects the best cafés in the world. A Viennese establishment is the “best coffee shop in Europe” among the top three worldwide. The coffee shop is around the corner, the coffee house is on the square, and the bakery is on the way to work. When it comes to the best coffee, everyone has their own opinion. However, Timeout magazine has selected the 100 best cafés in the world. “Gota Coffee Experts” comes out on top twice in the ranking. In the recently published “The World’s 100…

Read More