Church Bells Ring as a Sign Against Global Hunger

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According to Caritas, 733 million people worldwide are affected by hunger. Nearly one-third of the world's population does not have secure access to food, which is mainly due to the climate crisis. Hunger...weiterlesen »

Trial After Foiled Attack on Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna

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The 18-year-old Luca K. was arrested two days before the trial after a foiled attack on the Taylor Swift concert in Vienna and has been in pre-trial detention since then. The charges are allegations of...weiterlesen »

Summer Council of Ministers Addresses Reform of Approval Procedures

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On Monday, the planned reform of the AVG major procedures was presented to the reform group from the federal government, states, municipalities, and cities at the chancellery. This working group is part...weiterlesen »

Literature Scholarship: Ministry Reverses Time Reduction

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The funding call announced last year for twelve months will be paid out in full for one year in 2025, at a monthly rate of 1,500 euros to all 50 grant recipients. The additional costs incurred will be...weiterlesen »

Summer Council of Ministers Addresses Reform of Approval Procedures

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On Monday, the planned reform of the AVG major procedures was presented to the reform group from the federal government, states, municipalities, and cities at the chancellery. This working group is part...weiterlesen »

VfGH reviews legality of the Carinthian referendum on wind power

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The Constitutional Court (VfGH) is reviewing the Carinthian referendum on wind power due to a potentially value-laden question. A narrow majority had voted in January for a ban on new wind turbines. The...weiterlesen »

Could the "Vienna Model" Solve the EU Housing Crisis?

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A five-member delegation from the EU Parliament visited Vienna for three days to take a closer look at the housing market on site. In December 2024, the EU Parliament decided to set up a one-year special...weiterlesen »

No White Smoke on Tips

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In the struggle for a new regulation on the levies on tips, the agreement within the three-party coalition is still pending. At the summer ministerial council on Wednesday at the Federal Chancellery, the...weiterlesen »

8.8 Million Overnight Stays: New Record in Vienna

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Vienna can record another overnight stay record: This year, the best first half of the year so far was recorded. This was announced by Vienna Tourism on Wednesday. With 8.8 million overnight stays, there...weiterlesen »

DÖW Lawsuit Successful After FPÖ Press Release

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The Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW) had sued the Upper Austrian FPÖ state party secretary Michael Gruber due to statements in a press release from 2023. In it, the state party secretary...weiterlesen »

No White Smoke for Tips

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In the struggle for a new regulation of levies on tips, the agreement within the three-party coalition is still pending. At the summer ministerial council on Wednesday at the Federal Chancellery, the topic...weiterlesen »

Summer Council of Ministers Addresses Reform of Approval Procedures

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On Monday, the planned reform of the AVG major procedures was presented to the reform group from the federal government, states, municipalities, and cities at the chancellery. This working group is part...weiterlesen »

Summer Council of Ministers Addresses Reform of Approval Procedures

vor 2 Tagen - VOL.at

On Monday, the planned reform of the AVG major procedures was presented to the reform group from the federal government, states, municipalities, and cities at the chancellery. This working group is part...weiterlesen »

Despite Anti-Violence Training: 18-Year-Old Styrian in Pre-Trial Detention Due to Terror Plans

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The 18-year-old living in Upper Styria, who is suspected of planning attacks on Western society, has been taken into pre-trial detention. The spokesperson for the Leoben public prosecutor's office cited...weiterlesen »

Many Ideas and Little Concrete in Part-Time Discussion

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After recent thoughts were aired within the ÖVP and by employer representatives to make full-time work more tax-attractive, Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer (SPÖ) warned on Wednesday against disparaging...weiterlesen »

Online Shopping Falters: Viennese People Are Shopping Locally Again

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Online retail in Vienna is experiencing a noticeable decline for the first time in years. According to a recent study by the Institute for Austria's Economy commissioned by the Vienna Chamber of Commerce,...weiterlesen »

New Investigations Aim to Reconstruct Felix Baumgartner's Last Minutes

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After the autopsy of the body of extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner, who died in a fatal accident in Italy last Thursday, ruled out cardiac arrest as the cause of death, the public prosecutor of the central...weiterlesen »

After Threats of Attack: 25-Year-Old Arrested

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The 25-year-old is accused, among other things, of having threatened an attack at Jakominiplatz in downtown Graz in May. However, during the arrest, neither objects nor evidence of a concrete attack plan...weiterlesen »

Summer Council of Ministers Addresses Reform of Approval Procedures

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On Monday, the planned reform of the AVG major procedures was presented to the reform group from the federal government, states, municipalities, and cities at the chancellery. This working group is part...weiterlesen »

Already 18 People Drowned in Austria This Year

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Most drowning deaths in Austria this year occurred while swimming. Two fatalities happened in diving accidents, and one each in a stand-up paddleboard and a kayak accident. By July 20th of the previous...weiterlesen »

Groundwater in Austria: Every Tenth Monitoring Station at Record Low Level

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"At more than one in ten groundwater measuring stations, the water level is as low as it has ever been in mid-July. The western federal states are particularly affected, where the snow-poor winter and...weiterlesen »

This is the Motto of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2025

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The rapidly advancing technological progress threatens to profoundly change our lives. Liberal thinking, as well as the value of scientific knowledge, is being questioned. Instead of compassion, a ruthless...weiterlesen »

From September 1: Nehammer to Become EIB Vice President

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He will succeed the Swedish Vice President Thomas Östros on September 1st. His appointment was made by decision of the finance ministers of the EU countries as shareholders of the bank, following a proposal...weiterlesen »

Cause of Death Known: Felix Baumgartner Died from Impact

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On Tuesday, more details emerged regarding the death of the Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner, who crashed with his motorized paraglider in Italy last Thursday. According to the responsible...weiterlesen »

Sharp Increase in Recorded "Hate Crimes"

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The number of recorded "hate crimes" increased significantly last year. According to the Hate Crime Report for 2024, the police registered 6,786 bias-motivated crimes, which is about 20 percent more than...weiterlesen »

Tensions Over Planned Increase in Truck Toll

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Although SPÖ, ÖVP, and NEOS have fundamentally agreed on an increase, the ÖVP rejects the measures proposed in the Ministry of Transport's draft. The domestic economy would be more burdened than transit,...weiterlesen »

Tensions Due to Planned Increase in Truck Toll

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Although SPÖ, ÖVP, and NEOS have fundamentally agreed on an increase, the ÖVP rejects the measures proposed in the Ministry of Transport's draft. The domestic economy would be more burdened than transit,...weiterlesen »

Viennese FPÖ Shoots Against Hacker

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The Vienna FPÖ sees no reason to soften its criticism of SPÖ City Councillor Peter Hacker even after the Vienna election. "The health and social system is increasingly falling apart," stated FPÖ leader...weiterlesen »

Terror Attack Plans: 18-Year-Old from Styria Arrested

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The 18-year-old from the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district in Upper Styria came under the investigators' radar after a tip-off from abroad was received in mid-July. The youth, with North Macedonian roots, is...weiterlesen »

Tensions Due to Planned Increase in Truck Toll

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Although SPÖ, ÖVP, and NEOS have fundamentally agreed on an increase, the ÖVP rejects the measures proposed in the draft by the Ministry of Transport. The domestic economy would be more burdened than transit,...weiterlesen »

More Applications for Dedicated Medical Study Places

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As a measure against the shortage of doctors in hospitals, health insurance practices, the army, or the police, 85 of the 1,900 places for medical studies in Austria have been dedicated to "tasks in the...weiterlesen »

Sharp Increase in Recorded "Hate Crimes"

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The number of recorded "hate crimes" increased significantly last year. According to the Hate Crime Report for 2024, the police registered 6,786 bias-motivated crimes, which is about 20 percent more than...weiterlesen »

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