Social Assistance Reform: No Integration Phase for Austrians After All

vor 2 Stunden - VOL.at

On Wednesday, there were different signals from the ÖVP-SPÖ-NEOS coalition regarding the planned reform of social assistance. The SPÖ-led Ministry of Social Affairs announced that the planned "integration...weiterlesen »

Wizz Air Says Goodbye: No More Flights from Vienna in the Future

vor 5 Stunden - VOL.at

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is giving up its location in Vienna. After a "strategic review," the base will be closed in two phases, the company announced on Wednesday. Accordingly, on October...weiterlesen »

Wizz Air Says Goodbye: No More Flights from Vienna in the Future

vor 5 Stunden - VOL.at

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is giving up its location in Vienna. After a "strategic review," the base will be closed in two phases, the company announced on Wednesday. Accordingly, on October...weiterlesen »

Terror Attack in Villach: Report on Intent Submitted to Higher Authority

vor 7 Stunden - VOL.at

The public prosecutor's office in Klagenfurt submitted a project report to the higher authority in the investigation proceedings following the Islamist terrorist attack in Villach last February. Public...weiterlesen »

Wizz Air Says Goodbye: No More Flights from Vienna in the Future

vor 7 Stunden - VOL.at

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is giving up its location in Vienna. After a "strategic review," the base will be closed in two phases, the company announced on Wednesday. Accordingly, on October...weiterlesen »

Social Assistance Reform: No Integration Phase for Austrians After All

vor 8 Stunden - VOL.at

The reform of social assistance was not ready for discussion in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. SPÖ club chairman Philip Kucher explained in the press foyer after the government meeting that it...weiterlesen »

Accident in Schwechat: Man Fell to His Death

vor 8 Stunden - VOL.at

During a rappelling exercise in Schwechat (district of Bruck a.d. Leitha), a 57-year-old Lower Austrian fell to his death on Tuesday afternoon. The accident took place on a company premises, the state...weiterlesen »

Indictment in the Wienwert Case Final

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In February, former Wienwert head Stefan Gruze filed an objection against the indictment, which was rejected, as the Vienna Higher Regional Court announced in a press release on Wednesday. The Economic...weiterlesen »

Children Alone in Traffic: These Rights and Obligations Parents Must Consider

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However: "As children get older, parents can, depending on their assessment of their children's safety and reliability behavior, handle this duty of supervision more loosely. It is important for guardians...weiterlesen »

Vienna Court Confirms Plagiarism: Furniture Chain Kare Loses Against Chinese Artist

vor 10 Stunden - VOL.at

The figure "Welcome Guests" distributed by the furniture company "Kare" - a sculpture that greets with a friendly expression and in a bowed posture - is a plagiarism. The Vienna Commercial Court reaffirmed...weiterlesen »

Accident at Dachstein: Tourist Fell into Crevasse

vor 11 Stunden - VOL.at

Two German climbers rescued a Latvian tourist from a crevasse on the Dachstein on Monday. The police reported this on Wednesday. Thanks to their quick intervention, the woman survived the accident hypothermic...weiterlesen »

First Free RSV Immunization for Babies Throughout the Entire Cold Season

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The risk of a severe course is particularly high in the first six months of life, warned the physician Volker Strenger in a background discussion initiated by the pharmaceutical company Sanofi with the...weiterlesen »

Social Assistance Reform: Integration Phase for Everyone – Including Austrians

vor 12 Stunden - VOL.at

There is currently no concrete draft for the social assistance reform planned by the federal government, as the intra-coalition negotiations have yet to begin. However, according to the Ministry of Social...weiterlesen »

Museum of Applied Arts Becomes Stage for Ballet at New Year's Concert

vor 15 Stunden - VOL.at

In the Columned Hall, the Library, and the Collection of Art Prints as well as in the Historicism Art Nouveau Collection at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), filming took place for a week for choreographies...weiterlesen »

Big Plus: Car Registrations on the Rise

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Domestic car buyers stepped on the gas in August. New registrations increased by a quarter year-on-year, after already rising by a third in July. Overall, 10.7 percent more new cars were registered in...weiterlesen »

16-year-old Convicted for IS Propaganda

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On Snapchat, the 16-year-old shared a photo showing him masked with a clenched fist. The caption announced attacks in churches. On February 14, 2024, at least three people received a post that alerted...weiterlesen »

Local Tax: Increase in Vienna in Reduced Form and Postponed to 2026

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Specifically, this means that the local tax will be raised from the current 3.2 to 5 percent on July 1, 2026. The next step will follow a year later: from July 2027, it will climb to 8 percent. Originally,...weiterlesen »

Failed Supermarket Robbery in Vienna-Donaustadt: Cashier Fought Back

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The facts presented by police spokeswoman Julia Schick suggest that the suspect did not plan the robbery very thoroughly. Accordingly, he entered the store around 7:45 AM, turned around in the entrance...weiterlesen »

Local Tax: Increase in Vienna in Reduced Form and Postponed to 2026

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

Specifically, this means that the local tax will be raised from the current 3.2 to 5 percent on July 1, 2026. The next step will follow a year later: from July 2027, it will climb to 8 percent. Originally,...weiterlesen »

Officials: Government Seeks Dialogue

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The union has been invited to talks for the coming week, even though a value for 2026 was actually agreed upon last year. The GÖD will attend the meeting, although its chairman Eckehard Quin emphasizes...weiterlesen »

Officials: Government Seeks Dialogue

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

The union has been invited to talks for the coming week, even though a value for 2026 was actually agreed upon last year. The GÖD will attend the meeting, although its chairman Eckehard Quin emphasizes...weiterlesen »

Republic of Austria Increases Ten-Year Bond

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The Austrian Federal Financing Agency (OeBFA) decided to increase the ten-year bond because investors had already shown particular interest in this bond before the auction, said OeBFA Managing Director...weiterlesen »

High Visit from China on Friday in Vienna

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The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in Vienna on Friday. Wang will also meet his counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS), a spokesperson confirmed to APA upon request. It is a "completely...weiterlesen »

"Fast Track" for Patients with Suspected Cancer Demanded

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Because too much time loss can have fatal consequences: According to an internationally published meta-study, a delay of four weeks in cancer surgeries increases mortality by six to eight percent, and...weiterlesen »

Employers Want Cautious Agreements in Metalworkers' Collective Bargaining Negotiations

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"We need to conclude in such a way for many years that we recover what we have lost in the last three to five years," said Knill. At a press event in Vienna, Knill refused to name a percentage for the...weiterlesen »

Handel does not see itself as a price driver

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

"Anyone who claims that the trade sector has made a profit during the inflation crisis is communicating without facts," said Rainer Will, head of the trade association, at the presentation of the "Yearbook...weiterlesen »

Officials: Government Seeks Dialogue

vor einem Tag - VOL.at

In a letter to the staff representation, which is available to the APA, State Secretary Alexander Pröll (ÖVP) invites the chairmen of the civil servants' and municipal employees' unions, Eckehard Quin...weiterlesen »

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