Geodatabase Revised: 44,000 Hectares of Moor Newly Recorded

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After 33 years, Austria has a newly revised peatland geodatabase. The data contains current information on the distribution, condition, and ecological characteristics of the approximately 44,000 hectares...weiterlesen »

Voting for the Word of the Year 2025 is underway: These are the candidates

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The question is: Who or what will succeed "Renaturation", the Word of the Year 2024. On Friday, the Society for Austrian German (GSÖD) published the list of candidate words competing for the Word of the...weiterlesen »

160 Ideas for Less Bureaucracy in Austria

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State Secretary Josef Schellhorn (NEOS) has presented the coalition partners with 160 proposals for deregulation and debureaucratization. Among the many small individual measures, which are now being discussed...weiterlesen »

What the Asfinag Rents Out Areas for in the Mostviertel

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The state highway company Asfinag offers open spaces along the domestic highway and expressway network for photovoltaic systems - initially in Lower Austria and Burgenland. Specifically, it concerns areas...weiterlesen »

Environmental and Youth Organizations Urged Again for Stricter Climate Protection Law

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In addition to binding climate neutrality by 2040, the youth representatives demand "clear sector targets in all areas and consequences for failure," stated Lejla Visnjic from the Federal Youth Representation...weiterlesen »

Planned Helmet Requirement for E-Scooters and E-Bikes: ÖAMTC Wants Change

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The draft lacks precision, explained ÖAMTC traffic engineer David Nosé. "Only 14 percent of all e-scooter accident victims are aged 13 to 16," Nosé said at a press conference. For e-bikes, the proposal...weiterlesen »

Planned Helmet Requirement for E-Scooters and E-Bikes: ÖAMTC Wants Change

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The draft lacks precision, explained ÖAMTC traffic engineer David Nosé. "In e-scooter accidents, only 14 percent of all casualties are aged 13 to 16," Nosé said at a press conference. For e-bikes, the...weiterlesen »

As a Successful Landlord: A Beginner's Guide

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Another tax-relevant point is the so-called presumption of hobby. The tax office checks whether the rental is aimed at long-term profit or if there are merely tax-motivated losses. With the new regulation...weiterlesen »

Unfair Distribution: By 2030, a Dignified Life Could Be Built for Everyone

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Particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, there is a lack of such important infrastructures, explained the researchers, who work at the Institute of Social Ecology at the University of Natural...weiterlesen »

Eisenstadt becomes a festival hotspot in 2026: Headliners are set

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The summer of 2026 will be rocking in Eisenstadt: Alice Cooper and Rise Against will perform in July as headliners at the Lovely Days and Remember Forestglade festivals in the castle park. The latter,...weiterlesen »

WKÖ Salary Increase Halved After Criticism

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"In difficult national situations, the chamber also needs to send a signal," explained WKÖ President Harald Mahrer in the Ö1 "Midday Journal" for the step. In view of the "skewed optics," he has now put...weiterlesen »

White-Tailed Eagle Found Dead at Wind Turbine: Search for Cause of Death

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An employee of a wind farm company discovered the dead bird of prey next to a wind turbine. Subsequently, the police and the district veterinarian of the district administration Neusiedl am See were notified....weiterlesen »

WKÖ Salary Increase Halved After Criticism

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"In difficult national situations, the chamber also needs to send a signal," explained WKÖ President Harald Mahrer in the Ö1 "Midday Journal". In view of the "bad optics," he has now put his foot down,...weiterlesen »

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