Strong Vintage 2025 for Viennese Winemakers

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"We are in the middle of it," says Thomas Podsednik, managing director of the traditional house Mayer am Pfarrplatz. It is already becoming apparent that the 2025 vintage will be exceptional, Podsednik...weiterlesen »

Improvements in AT-Alert in Styria

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For about a year now, Austria has had the AT-Alert warning system for Android and Apple mobile phones, which is used in addition to civil protection sirens to warn of natural events or emergencies. On...weiterlesen »

Worldwide Mourning for Primate Researcher Goodall

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In a statement from the United Nations, it was emphasized that the scientist, environmentalist, and UN Messenger of Peace "worked tirelessly for our planet and all its inhabitants," leaving a remarkable...weiterlesen »

New at the Transport Museum Remise: What Drives the Wiener Linien

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With interactive theme islands, driving simulators, and historical vehicles, the Transport Museum Remise tells the over 120-year history of Vienna's public transport. Just in time for the Long Night of...weiterlesen »

European Bauhaus Prize for Vienna Project "die HausWirtschaft"

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In total, over 1,400 projects applied, and finalists in four categories were eventually invited to Brussels, where the award ceremony took place on Tuesday. "The projects we are awarding today show how...weiterlesen »

So Vienna's Kitchens Want to Waste Less Food

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Around 100 establishments, including hospitals, nursing homes, company restaurants, and schools, are currently participating in the food waste monitoring of the initiative United Against Waste (UAW). The...weiterlesen »

Vienna Museum Dedicates Its Own Exhibition to Meat

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It is food, a status symbol, and a cause for sometimes heated discussions - now the Vienna Museum is also focusing on the controversial product: The exhibition "Meat" traces the history of eating cattle,...weiterlesen »

High Inflation Could Overturn Trade Collective Agreement

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Last year, the social partners agreed that the trade KV agreement for 2026 would become void and need to be renegotiated if the inflation rate reaches 3 percent or more during the period from October 2024...weiterlesen »

Salzburg IS Returnee Maria G. Sentenced to Conditional Imprisonment

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The Salzburg IS returnee fully confessed during the trial. "I have thought a lot about my past radicalization and departure and can no longer explain how it could have happened," said Maria G. The verdict...weiterlesen »

Over 375,000 Unemployed: Unemployment Rises Again

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The weak economic development continues to burden the domestic labor market. According to figures released on Wednesday, around 375,120 people were registered as unemployed or in training with the Public...weiterlesen »

Golden Late Summer: September Set a Heat Record

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More precipitation - plus four percent - and less sunshine - minus six percent, yet this year's September was one of the 20 warmest in the history of measurements, reported Geosphere Austria on Wednesday....weiterlesen »

Government Begins Work on Africa Strategy with Focus on Economy and Migration

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The federal government officially launched a new "Africa Strategy" on Wednesday. The project, which is to be implemented by 2027, is currently still in the planning phase but aims to strategically, economically,...weiterlesen »

Survey Shows: Every Second Person Has Already Littered

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Cigarette butts, plastic bags, and drink cups are among the waste most frequently carelessly discarded. Around 15,000 tons of waste accumulate annually on streets, squares, and in nature, according to...weiterlesen »

Project Should Publish Lobau Report

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"Hanke bases his decision to build the Lobau Tunnel on analyses that he keeps secret. For the Greens and many others, the question arises as to what kind these so-called analyses are or whether it was...weiterlesen »

Social Economy Collective Agreement: Unions Demand Increase Above Inflation Rate

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The collective bargaining negotiations for around 130,000 employees in the health and social sector officially begin. At the start of negotiations on Wednesday, the unions GPA and vida presented their...weiterlesen »

Over 375,000 Unemployed: Unemployment Rises Again

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The weak economic development continues to burden the domestic labor market. According to figures released on Wednesday, around 375,120 people were registered as unemployed or in training with the Public...weiterlesen »

Inflation remains high at 4 percent in September

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Inflation in Austria remained at a high level of 4.0 percent in September. According to a quick estimate by Statistics Austria, the inflation rate decreased only slightly, from 4.1 percent in August. The...weiterlesen »

The Journey of Our Amazon Orders: A Look Inside the Distribution Center in Vienna-Liesing

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For five years, the US internet giant Amazon has been present on Perfektastraße in Vienna-Liesing with a large distribution center ("DVI2"). It supplies not only the city but also parts of the eastern...weiterlesen »

Youth Health Conferences Starting Soon Across Austria

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After Vienna and Styria, the format is now also being rolled out in Upper Austria, Tyrol, and Carinthia. Other federal states will follow, according to the Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG), which coordinates...weiterlesen »

Supreme Court: EIA Law Also Applies to Vienna Kahlenberg Cable Car

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As their lawyer Fiona List-Faymann explained on Tuesday, "a case-by-case examination according to the UVP-G 2000 is mandatory." From the perspective of Genial Tourismus- und Projektentwicklung GmbH, "the...weiterlesen »

Supreme Court: EIA Law Also Applies to Vienna Kahlenberg Cable Car

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As their lawyer Fiona List-Faymann explained in a statement on Tuesday, "a case-by-case examination according to the UVP-G 2000 is therefore mandatory." The VwGH thus confirmed the legal opinion of the...weiterlesen »

"Alliance for Social Climate Policy": NGOs Demand a Shift in Climate Policy

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Representatives from Caritas, Diakonie, Volkshilfe, Red Cross, Global 2000, and Südwind assessed the current record as disappointing. They particularly criticized the cuts in climate protection funding....weiterlesen »

Doctors' Chamber Warns: Healthcare Provision in Vienna Massively Endangered

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The Vienna Medical Association sees the health infrastructure in the federal capital on the brink of collapse. Inefficiency, lack of investment, and absence of strategy have caused increasing dissatisfaction...weiterlesen »

Civil Servant Negotiations: Union Criticizes Government's Offer

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"Naturally, at the moment, we are still very far apart," said the chairman of the civil servants' union (GÖD), Eckehard Quin, following the civil servants' negotiations. He did not say how much the government...weiterlesen »

„Living Screen“: Ministry of Social Affairs Draws Positive Conclusion

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"The Wohnschirm is a successful model," said the responsible Minister Korinna Schumann (SPÖ). The evaluation was conducted by the Vienna University of Economics and Business and supports this finding....weiterlesen »

Domestic Economy Shrunk Less Than Expected in 2024

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Austria's economy is in less of a crisis than previously assumed. According to the national accounts of Statistics Austria, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2024 did not decrease by 1.0 percent...weiterlesen »

Vienna Electric Days attracted over 80,000 visitors this year

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The further developed concept with new exhibitor areas and current electrified models has proven itself. The fifth Vienna Electric Days delighted over 80,000 visitors at Vienna's Rathausplatz from September...weiterlesen »

Civil Servant Negotiations Begin

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It is expected that the government will present an offer. An agreement is unlikely to be reached today: "No one expects us to come to an end today," said Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer (SPÖ) before...weiterlesen »

AK raises alarm over prices in the food retail sector

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While the grocery trade tries to fend off the image of a price driver, the Chamber of Labor (AK) has a different perspective. The AK went shopping and is convinced that there have been significant price...weiterlesen »

Budget Deficit Increased in the First Half of the Year

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In the first half of the year, government revenues increased by 3.2 percent to 123.4 billion euros, while government expenditures rose by 4.1 percent to 136.7 billion euros. This resulted in a deficit...weiterlesen »

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