Austrian Study Shows: This is How Much Influence the Moon Has on Births

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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 »

Vienna Chamber of Commerce Against Increase in Local Tax

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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 »

Stocker and Meinl-Reisinger want to review Mercosur Agreement

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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 »

Stocker and Meinl-Reisinger want to review Mercosur Agreement

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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 »

Eurobarometer Survey: This is What Austria Currently Demands from the EU

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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 »

Football World Cup Qualifiers: Alaba Praises Current Austrian National Team

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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 »

Vienna Chamber of Commerce Against Increase in Local Tax

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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 »

Vienna Chamber of Commerce Against Increase in Local Tax

vor 2 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Corona Fund in Lower Austria: Several Million Paid Out

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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 »

Government Retreat - Stocker: "Times Will Remain Difficult in the Coming Years"

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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 »

Stocker and Meinl-Reisinger want to review Mercosur Agreement

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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 »

Which product will be the "Consumer Duck of the Year" this year?

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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 »

More Students in the Past Academic Year

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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 »

Which product will be the "Consumer Duck of the Year" this year?

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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 »

First Deportations to This Country in a Long Time

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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 »

Austria in the Top Ranks for Quality of Life and Unfriendliness

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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 »

"Science Snacks" at Markets Aim to Make Science Easily Understandable

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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 »

Economic Stimulus Package Announced at Government Retreat

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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 »

Murder Suspect Winemaker: Lawyer Accuses Judiciary of Bias

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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 »

Inflation in August Continued to Rise

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"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 »

Economic Stimulus Package Announced at Government Retreat

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Viennese Trade with Revenue Increase in the 1st Half-Year

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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 »

Harsh Criticism of Stocker Due to Pension Statement

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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 »

Harsh Criticism of Stocker Due to Pension Statement

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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 »

Eurobarometer: Majority in Austria Against EU Enlargement

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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 »

Cultural Summer Vienna Recorded More Visitors

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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 »

EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans: Meinl-Reisinger Desires "New Momentum"

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"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 »

Inflation in August Continued to Rise

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"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 »

OeNB Chief Kocher Advocates for "Cautious Policy" in ECB Interest Rate Decision

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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 »

OeNB Chief Kocher for End of Austria Surcharge

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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 »

Boom in the Health and Social Sector

vor 3 Tagen - VOL.at

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 »

Federal Chancellor Stocker in ORF Summer Talk for Pension Increase Under 2.7 Percent

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"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 »

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