Train travel is getting more expensive – ÖBB is now raising prices

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ÖBB boss Andreas Matthä announces slight price increases. Kleine Zeitung reported this on Thursday. The wave of inflation is also spilling over into rail transport. “We will increase prices in passenger transport very moderately at the end of the year, well below the inflation rate. With all the pain we will have here,” the “Kleine Zeitung” quoted the railroad boss on Thursday. This means that tickets will become more expensive. In freight transport, the railroad is confronted with massive electricity price increases, especially abroad, the ÖBB boss further emphasized. The…

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500-euro bonus and one-time payments: The anti-inflation measures in detail

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The government’s relief package consists of many individual points: One-off payments for pensioners, a 500-euro climate bonus, and an electricity price brake. For those who have lost track, here is a detailed look at all the anti-inflation measures. Details on the electricity price brakeThe entire relief package consists of many individual points. In total, almost 35.2 billion euros will be invested to counteract the effects of inflation and massively increased energy prices in Austria. The first two relief packages were approved at the beginning of the year, the third in…

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King Charles III – new monarch after death of mother, Queen Elisabeth II

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Prince Charles (73) wants to modernize the royal household. He also wants to move into a relatively small apartment in Buckingham Palace. Prince Charles already cared about converting his estates to eco-farming in the past. The new “eco-king” already revealed some ideas on how he wants to modernize the royal family. At the top of the agenda is a “slimming diet.” Fewer official family members will be entitled to an appanage and lifetime residency rights in the apartments of various palaces (such as the Queen’s cousins). Charles also intends to…

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Queen Elizabeth II is dead, Charles III new British king

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is dead. The palace announced that the Queen died peacefully at her Scottish country residence, Balmoral Castle, on Thursday at 96. Elizabeth II was on the throne longer than any other British monarch. She was head of state of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and more than a dozen other countries, including Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Her death marks the end of an era. Elizabeth II is inherited by her son Charles (73). The Queen’s grandson Prince William (40), will succeed to the throne. Number…

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4,948 new infections in Austria

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From Wednesday to Thursday, 4,948 new infections were registered in Austria. In addition, 12 deaths related to coronavirus were reported. Currently, there are 58,651 confirmed corona infections in Austria. To date, there have been 4,940,768 positive test results in Austria. Currently, 19,473 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died, and 4,862,644 have recovered across Austria. 43 in intensive care unitsCurrently, 927 people infected with the coronavirus are receiving hospital care. Of these, 43 are being cared for in intensive care units. New infections in the provincesBurgenland: 182Carinthia: 309Lower Austria: 1,489Upper Austria:…

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Corona vaccination: Expert advises vaccination with an adapted vaccine

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Austrian virologist Florian Krammer relies on the new Omicron-adapted vaccines and the Wuhan variant for the fourth vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen. While these bivalent vaccines from Biontech and Moderna are now approved, “we don’t know when they will be available in Austria,” explained the Icahn School of Medicine expert at Mount Sinai in New York. “I would wait for that,” Krammer told APA. Boost with adjusted vaccine“If it were a little clearer when the adapted vaccine would be available in Austria, it would be a good idea to get…

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Apple raises prices, iPhone 14 with top equipment costs 2000 Euro

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More than 30 different models of its best-selling iPhone have been brought to market by the U.S. company Apple since 2007. On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, this range expanded as new products were presented in Cupertino. In addition to the iPhone 14, Tim Cook & Co. also showed an adapted variant of the Apple Watch and new AirPods. Naturally, on time, Apple starts with the pre-recorded video sequences. Apple boss Tim Cook appears on the screens and explains that today will be about “Apple Watch, iPhone and Airpods.” Apple Watch…

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How the electricity price break affects the electricity bill

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As of December 1, the electricity price break is to apply throughout Austria. Until June 2024, 2900 kilowatt hours per year and metering point will be subsidized by up to 30 cents. No one will have to apply; the subsidy will automatically be deducted from the electricity bill. A separate line will be drawn on the electricity bill showing how much the government will cover the cost. How much is saved depends on individual consumption and the electricity tariff? And there are significant differences here. In any case, only the…

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No amount of washing will help: Over 100 million bacteria per apple

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It’s enough to make your mouth water: Up to 114 million bacteria can be found in an apple, according to a Graz University of Technology study. Whether these are good or harmful bacteria depends on how the apple was grown. Apples offer a broad spectrum of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, fiber, and secondary plant compounds. No other food contains so many complexes, healthy, active ingredients. But what has not yet been investigated is that with every apple you eat, you also ingest about 114 million bacteria – if you eat…

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