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The background, according to the authors: It has been shown, especially with melatonin, that the concentrations of this hormone are significantly lower during the night of a full moon compared to other...weiterlesen »
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Currently, the local tax is at 3.2 percent and is set to be increased to 8.5 percent with the local tax increase in December. Finance City Councillor Barbara Novak (SPÖ) justified the step, among other...weiterlesen »
Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) and Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) expressed cautious optimism about the Mercosur agreement. Stocker and Meinl-Reisinger emphasized that they were not...weiterlesen »
To address the current geopolitical crises and challenges, 90 percent of Europeans (83 percent of Austrians) call on the European Union to present a more united front. 77 percent of those surveyed across...weiterlesen »
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"I believe that in terms of quality and potential, and also in depth, we are the best national team that perhaps ever existed," said Alaba on Wednesday at the team camp in Windischgarsten. Similarly, in...weiterlesen »
The Corona Fund in Lower Austria has paid out a total of around 4.6 million euros. This means that almost 15 percent of the available sum of 31.3 million euros has been utilized. Payments were made for...weiterlesen »
On Wednesday, the federal government made efforts to spread optimism despite the difficult economic situation and urged patience. "The times will remain difficult in the coming years as well," said Federal...weiterlesen »
The Association for Consumer Information (VKI) calls for voting on the "Consumer Duck 2025". Until October 5, one can participate in the selection of the "most annoying food product of the year". Five...weiterlesen »
The number of regular students at universities increased again in the academic year 2024/25. According to Statistics Austria, a total of nearly 355,000 regular students were recorded at public and private...weiterlesen »
For the first time in about 20 years, refugees were deported to Somalia on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the two men have already landed in the capital, Mogadishu. The individuals...weiterlesen »
In the Expat Insider survey by InterNations, Austria was praised for its high quality of life but only ranked 41st in terms of social integration. The unfriendliness of the locals was cited as a reason....weiterlesen »
For more than ten years, the ScienceCenter-Network has been transforming vacant retail spaces into places of encounter with science under the title "Knowledge°room." In recent years, facilitators have...weiterlesen »
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Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) stated before the start of the government retreat on Tuesday afternoon that the published inflation figures are "not good news." An inflation rate of 4.1 percent...weiterlesen »
Defense attorney Michael Dohr relies on the decisions by which the St. Pölten Regional Court imposed or extended the pre-trial detention. However, his applications for bias were rejected by the court's...weiterlesen »
"This is the highest value since March 2024. Almost all expenditure groups contributed to this increase," said the Director General of Statistics Austria, Manuela Lenk, regarding the inflation in August....weiterlesen »
Sales in the Vienna trade sector increased nominally by 3 percent to approximately 61 billion euros. In real terms, this means an increase of 1.6 percent, explained the Vienna Chamber of Commerce in a...weiterlesen »
The coalition partners, however, showed openness to only moderate increases. SPÖ leader Andreas Babler wants to negotiate a "socially balanced" package, while the NEOS saw a "need for adjustment" in pensions....weiterlesen »
But also the head of the ÖVP-affiliated Senior Citizens' Association, Ingrid Korosec, called an increase below inflation "unsocial, unjust, and disproportionate" and, like the president of the SPÖ-affiliated...weiterlesen »
The Eurobarometer survey shows that 56 percent of citizens in the EU support an enlargement of the Union, while in Austria only 45 percent of the population are in favor. More skepticism towards EU enlargement...weiterlesen »
The Kultursommer Wien reported that in its sixth festival edition, it welcomed over 90,000 guests. This is 4,000 more than the previous year. A total of 500 acts with 2,000 artists from the fields of music,...weiterlesen »
"Without them, the EU is not complete," said Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger about the Western Balkan states. "We also see concrete progress," noted the NEOS politician in the new issue of "Cercle...weiterlesen »
In light of existing uncertainties due to the trade conflict with the USA and the differing inflation rates in the Eurozone, it is important not to make an interest rate move "that might have to be reversed...weiterlesen »
Sustainable measures should reduce inflation without affecting the economy. OeNB Chief Martin Kocher views direct price interventions with skepticism. However, he would support the abolition of the so-called...weiterlesen »
The unemployment rate in the health and social sector was 3.7 percent in 2024, significantly below the overall economic average of 7.0 percent, and remained constant over the last ten years. According...weiterlesen »
"It would be a right signal to conclude below 2.7 percent," said Chancellor Stocker in the ORF summer interview. The ÖVP leader even hinted at a desire to go lower: "Two percent would be the target value."...weiterlesen »