So many asylum applications were filed in Austria in August

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The decline in asylum applications filed in Austria continued in August. Since the beginning of the year, 11,622 asylum applications have been submitted. In the same period last year, there were 17,171...weiterlesen »

Penalty in 94th Minute Prevents Rapid Victory at GAK

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Rapid's winning streak has been broken. The Hütteldorfer only managed a 1:1 away against bottom team GAK on Sunday, thus missing the sixth consecutive competitive victory and leading the Bundesliga table...weiterlesen »

Many People Remain in the Workforce After Cancer Diagnosis

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The impact of a cancer diagnosis on employment has been investigated by Statistics Austria in a recent report. Individuals with brain tumors show significant reductions in employment participation regardless...weiterlesen »

Huge Forest Damage Due to Climate Crisis: Researchers Sound the Alarm

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Losses from wildfires, storms, and bark beetles currently cost the forestry industry in Europe 115 billion euros, calculated Austrian forestry scientist Rupert Seidl with colleagues. If the climate crisis...weiterlesen »

Estate of Helmut Berger: Several Pieces Available

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Personal items from the estate of Austrian actor Helmut Berger are being auctioned. Available are 42 exhibits, such as various photographs showing Berger with film stars like Romy Schneider or Liz Taylor,...weiterlesen »

Dogs Smell Our Fear - But React Individually

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It has been known for some time that dogs can smell a person's fear. Until now, it was unclear whether they react to the smell itself or to visible signals such as body posture and behavior. A research...weiterlesen »

Charging of E-Cars Should Become Simpler and More Transparent

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The charging provider Smatrics, a subsidiary of the partially state-owned Austrian electricity company Verbund and the German energy company EnBW, is currently equipping its charging stations with price...weiterlesen »

Fewer Overnight Stays Booked in August in Vienna

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City tourism in Vienna slowed down somewhat in August. Compared to the same month last year, bookings decreased by 3 percent to just under 1.9 million overnight stays, as announced by Vienna Tourism on...weiterlesen »

Meinl-Reisinger on ESC Boycott: "Exclusion Does Not Alleviate Any Crisis"

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Ireland, Slovenia, Spain, the Netherlands, Iceland, and Belgium have announced or are considering boycotting the 2026 ESC in Vienna if Israel participates. This step would "make it impossible for an important...weiterlesen »

Over 3,000 Participants at Palestine Demonstration in Vienna

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According to police reports, between three and three and a half thousand people demanded measures against the Jewish state on Saturday afternoon during a demonstration in Vienna in connection with what...weiterlesen »

OMV employee allegedly spied for Russia

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An employee of the Austrian oil, gas, and chemical company OMV is reportedly suspected of being unmasked as a spy for Russia. The magazine "Profil" reported that the Directorate for State Protection and...weiterlesen »

Fraud Prevention: ÖVP Also Wants Social Abuse in the Package

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Negotiations on the federal government's planned anti-fraud package are ongoing. Initial key points from the expert commission set up by SPÖ Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer include the abolition of...weiterlesen »

Civil Servant Salaries: According to Stocker, Zero Pay Rounds Threaten Without Talks

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As is well known, the federal government wants to reopen the salary agreement in the public sector. However, it is unclear whether the union will actually enter into talks. "The question is whether negotiations...weiterlesen »

Daniel Fellner is the new Carinthian SPÖ Party Leader

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Fellner received 481 of the 499 valid votes cast. Opponent Wolfgang Rami received 3.61 percent, and 13 votes were invalid. Previously, Kaiser had bid farewell to the delegates after 15 years as party leader....weiterlesen »

Late Summer Troubles Elk "Emil"

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Moose "Emil" continues to roam through Upper Austria after having wandered over from Lower Austria on Friday morning. He was last seen in Hargelsberg (Linz-Land district) on Friday evening before disappearing...weiterlesen »

14-Year-Old in Custody After Threat of Shooting Rampage

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The Eisenstadt public prosecutor's office then ordered the temporary arrest of the teenager, according to the "Kronen Zeitung". Pre-trial detention was imposed, reported ORF Burgenland online. The authority...weiterlesen »

Issues with Budget for Vienna Subway Expansion: Renegotiations Needed

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Three years ago, a financial package of 5.7 billion euros was agreed upon for the construction of the U-Bahn lines U2 and U5 between the city of Vienna and the federal government. However, these conditions...weiterlesen »

Accident During Hike on Muckenkogel: 73-Year-Old Seriously Injured

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The woman (73) and her husband (79) were rescued by "Christophorus 15" with a rope, reported the Lower Austria State Police Directorate. The severely injured 73-year-old was subsequently flown to the Linz...weiterlesen »

NÖ: Head-on Crash During Overtaking Maneuver Leaves Three Injured

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A head-on collision on the Höllentalbundesstraße (B27) in the municipality of Payerbach (Neunkirchen district) resulted in three injuries on Friday evening, including two teenagers. A car driven by a 30-year-old...weiterlesen »

Focus Against Two-Wheeler Rowdies in Vienna

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Officers from the Vienna State Traffic Department and uniformed bicycle service officers from the city police commands conducted targeted traffic controls of cyclists and e-scooter riders throughout Vienna...weiterlesen »

Over 250 Reports at Planquadrat in Vienna-Liesing

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Officers from the Liesing City Police Command and the uniformed bicycle service (uFD), together with the Vienna State Traffic Department, conducted a multi-hour traffic safety focus on September 12. The...weiterlesen »

Drunk Attacked Neighbor in Vienna-Favoriten with Knife

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When a 44-year-old (citizen of Bulgaria) came home on September 19 around 9:00 PM in Vienna-Favoriten, an argument broke out between a neighbor and him in the stairwell. The 38-year-old Romanian national...weiterlesen »

Again Stabbing Incident at the Vienna Belt

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On September 19, around 10:00 PM, a confrontation occurred in a park near the Vienna Neubaugürtel involving several people. A 37-year-old was injured with a knife. He received emergency medical care from...weiterlesen »

Police Removed Viennese Taxi Driver from Traffic Due to Drugs

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Police officers stopped a taxi driver for a driver and vehicle check in the area of Wipplingerstraße in downtown Vienna on September 20 around 1:30 AM. It turned out that the 42-year-old Serbian national...weiterlesen »

Two Bikers Seriously Injured in Collision and Rear-End Accident

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A 50-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a car in St. Veit am Vogau (Leibnitz district) on Friday evening. In the subsequent traffic jam, a 17-year-old motorcyclist was injured...weiterlesen »

Women Wanted to Jump on Moving Train in Lower Austria: Seriously Injured

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In Hohenau an der March (Gänserndorf district), two women were injured in a train accident on Friday evening. They reportedly got off the Regiojet on open track after leaving the station, as it had stopped...weiterlesen »

Moose "Emil" on a Journey: Why We Should Not Intervene

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The moose "Emil," presumably migrated from Poland, has been roaming through Austria for weeks. In St. Pölten, he brought the Westbahn railway line to a standstill, and he has been repeatedly sighted in...weiterlesen »

Medvedev Threats Against Austria: "Russia is Testing Us"

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The Secretary General in the Ministry of Defense, Arnold Kammel, sees Austria as a target of Russia's hybrid warfare. Verbal outbursts and threats from Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chief of the Russian Security...weiterlesen »

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