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Even though the sun is heading towards its activity minimum, experts still see chances for Northern Lights in our latitudes next year. In 2026, there could be three to five geomagnetic storms strong enough...weiterlesen »
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Austria presents itself in the luxury real estate market as diverse as rarely before. The current evaluation by immowelt.at impressively shows in which regions particularly high-priced residential dreams...weiterlesen »
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With Christmas approaching, for many people it also marks a potentially critical rather than contemplative phase. The feeling of loneliness can occur especially during the holidays - and this perceived...weiterlesen »
In Vienna, "lucky pig sales stands" are regulated in the Vienna Market Ordinance. In addition to the annual allocation of spaces, the market office routinely checks the Vienna Market Ordinance, the Trade...weiterlesen »
The period around Christmas and the days following it will be characterized by highly fluctuating traffic loads, according to the ARBÖ information service. While shopping traffic burdens the roads in the...weiterlesen »
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The main attractions of the astronomical year 2026 are concentrated in August: the highlight is a partial solar eclipse on August 12th. The sun will set 89 percent eclipsed - the strongest solar eclipse...weiterlesen »
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The British singer Chris Rea is dead. He died on Monday morning at the age of 74 after a short illness in a clinic, as a spokesperson on behalf of the family told the news agency PA and the BBC. The musician...weiterlesen »
The ÖVP has taken steps in areas that are particularly important to the population, said Secretary General Nico Marchetti at a press conference on Monday. These are inflation, health, and immigration....weiterlesen »
Shots were also fired at the local office of the Greens in the district town and at a parked car, police spokesman Johann Baumschlager announced on Monday upon request. Possible connections are being examined,...weiterlesen »
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The ÖVP's top candidate for the St. Pölten municipal council election, Florian Krumböck, wants to draw a line under "old SPÖ politics" that "blocks progress in the city." The People's Party's concerns...weiterlesen »
The daily monitoring of medication stock levels scheduled from January 1, 2026, is not unconstitutional. This was announced by the Constitutional Court (VfGH) on Monday. Five pharmaceutical wholesalers...weiterlesen »
Shortly before 9 PM, the police were called to a dispute in the Millennium City in the 20th district of Vienna. It allegedly initially involved a children's birthday party. According to the police, a security...weiterlesen »
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Over 13 years after a large-scale mobile phone robbery in Wiener Neudorf (district of Mödling), a man was put on trial in Wiener Neustadt on Monday. 5,705 mobile phones were stolen during the heist in...weiterlesen »
A 66-year-old farmer was found guilty of grossly negligent homicide on Monday at the Klagenfurt Regional Court. In July, he hit a 73-year-old e-bike rider with the tractor trailer while overtaking on the...weiterlesen »
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The year 2025 is the eighth warmest year in Austria's lowlands in recorded history, and even the second warmest in the mountains. In 2025, temperatures in Austria's lowlands were 0.8 degrees above an average...weiterlesen »
Shortly before 9 PM, the police were called to a dispute in a shopping center in the 20th district of Vienna. According to the police, a security employee was hit by a person while trying to mediate a...weiterlesen »
Around 3:00 a.m., a violent altercation occurred in the area of Schwedenplatz in the Inner City. According to the police, a 23-year-old Syrian national allegedly punched a 32-year-old man in the face in...weiterlesen »
On Sunday, a suspected gunshot noise was reported in the Laaer Berg area in Vienna-Favoriten. A large-scale police operation ensued, and as it turned out, a shot was indeed fired from the balcony of a...weiterlesen »
Late in the evening of December 21, a police operation took place in the 17th district of Vienna after a high-end car ran a red light. Officers stopped the vehicle at 11:40 PM on Hernalser Gürtel. According...weiterlesen »
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In the days leading up to Christmas , many consumers are overwhelmed by stress and hustle. Buying food for the holidays, getting the Christmas tree and last-minute gifts, making plans for family visits....weiterlesen »
2,000 people would have liked to stand around at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna - on stage. So, 2,000 dancers and singers from all over the world applied for the 30 jobs as stand-ins at the 70th...weiterlesen »
According to police information on Monday, dangerous driving maneuvers were "offered" directly in front of crowds of spectators. Hundreds of people are said to have participated in the gatherings, but...weiterlesen »
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Following the shooting at the entrance area of the mosque of the Association of Albanian Muslims in Hollabrunn on the night of Sunday, further investigations were conducted on Monday. The investigations,...weiterlesen »
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During an apartment fire in Angeligasse in Vienna-Favoriten, several residents were rescued by the fire department on the night of Monday. Four people had to be rescued via turntable ladders, reported...weiterlesen »
A driver turned around on the exit ramp of the West Autobahn (A1) at Oed (Amstetten district) on Sunday evening and drove back onto the highway towards Linz as a wrong-way driver. The 71-year-old Pole...weiterlesen »
A 69-year-old man died following a car collision on Sunday in the Mistelbach district. His 66-year-old wife was on her way from Unterolberndorf in the Kreuttal municipality towards Schleinbach when her...weiterlesen »
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Six suspects aged eleven to 14 years are said to have committed a series of offenses ranging from vehicle thefts to burglaries in vehicles to vandalism of cars in Lower Austria. According to police on...weiterlesen »
The main attractions of the astronomical year 2026 are concentrated in August: the highlight is a partial solar eclipse on August 12. The sun will set 89 percent eclipsed - the strongest eclipse of the...weiterlesen »
Austria's correctional facilities are overcrowded. To improve the situation, Justice Minister Anna Sporrer (SPÖ) sees only one solution: new prisons. In an interview with the APA, she announced plans to...weiterlesen »
In a head-on collision in Neuhofen im Innkreis (Ried district) on Sunday, seven passengers from two involved vehicles were injured, including three children aged five, six, and seven years. As reported...weiterlesen »
Since the beginning of the year, ohne-makler.at has also been active in Austria. The platform is aimed at owners who want to sell or rent their properties without an agent. In the conversation, Managing...weiterlesen »
Christmas does not only bring peace and harmony, in some cases stress and family tensions prevail. In violent relationships, escalations can naturally occur even during the holidays. Most women, however,...weiterlesen »
Christmas parties are an important revenue driver during the economic downturn. The gatherings are of great economic significance, explained two-thirds of Viennese restaurateurs according to a survey by...weiterlesen »
Unknown individuals fired at the entrance area of the mosque of the Association of Albanian Muslims in Hollabrunn on the night of Sunday. At the time of the incident, no one was in the premises, and no...weiterlesen »
The Aigen im Mühlkreis fire department was alerted around 10:30 PM. When the breathing apparatus team located the source of the fire, the fire had presumably already extinguished due to a lack of oxygen...weiterlesen »
In the case of an Austrian woman and her German partner killed in Costa Rica, arrests were made on Friday, as reported by several media outlets. They refer to a report from the investigative authority...weiterlesen »
The recently extended halt on family reunification is showing a clear impact. According to the Ministry of the Interior, there was only one actual entry under this title in November. In November of the...weiterlesen »
The federal government, states, and social insurance have agreed on a basic offering for the health hotline 1450. In the future, central services will be offered nationwide, whereas previously they varied...weiterlesen »
In the dense pre-Christmas hustle in downtown Vienna on December 20, a distraught 50-year-old tourist from the Czech Republic approached officers from the Vienna Traffic Department. Together with his five-year-old...weiterlesen »
During the pre-Christmas season, the Vienna police are increasingly on duty - not only in uniform but also in plain clothes. This was the case on December 20, when officers from the police station Am Platz...weiterlesen »
A major police operation was triggered on December 20 in Vienna-Favoriten. Several calls from alarmed residents were received by the police – a man had apparently fired multiple shots out of the window....weiterlesen »
A 25-year-old driver called the police emergency number on December 20th around 12:30 PM after a traffic dispute in the area of the Favoriten roundabout got out of hand. He told the officers at the Ada-Christen-Gasse...weiterlesen »
Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer (SPÖ) sees the federal budget on track. He is also encouraged by the "slow economic recovery," which "naturally" supports the efforts, as he explained on Saturday in...weiterlesen »
The situation in the Vienna children's crisis centers seems to be worsening. According to a service order from the responsible child and youth welfare service (MA 11), the facilities are no longer allowed...weiterlesen »
A revenue-strong fourth Advent shopping Saturday for retailers has once again boosted the Christmas business. Shopping streets and shopping centers were heavily frequented across Austria. After several...weiterlesen »
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) plans a significant expansion of deportations to countries like Syria and Afghanistan. The clear goal is to make individual cases the norm, explained the minister...weiterlesen »
In the case of Jennifer S., who was killed in 2018, the lawyer for Jennifer's mother, Andreas Schweitzer, speculates that the murder suspect ex-boyfriend might have had an accomplice in transporting the...weiterlesen »
Between 9 AM and 12 PM, the Peace Light 2025 can be collected at all main fire stations of the Vienna professional fire brigade. At the central fire station in Vienna's first district (Am Hof 7), the fire...weiterlesen »
A quite lucrative fraud involving deposit vouchers has been exposed in Vienna. A 28-year-old woman and her 35-year-old companion are said to have manipulated the machine so that it illegitimately printed...weiterlesen »
The 39-year-old came to the Brandstätte police station on December 19 in the presence of his lawyer. He did not confess. After consultation with the Vienna public prosecutor's office, he was reported at...weiterlesen »
In a lightning raid early Friday morning, 200 high-priced sunglasses were stolen in Vienna's city center. Two as yet unknown perpetrators entered the optician's shop through the glass door at around 5:30...weiterlesen »
The incident occurred on the night of October 4, 2025, in a venue in downtown Vienna. According to the police, the 36-year-old woman reportedly reprimanded a man several times because he repeatedly bumped...weiterlesen »
The 41-year-old had previously stolen four bottles of vodka from a neighbor's apartment. When the 18-year-old confronted him about it, he lost his temper and initially threatened the young woman with a...weiterlesen »
The Chronicle Year 2025 is overshadowed by a shooting spree at a Graz high school by a former student, resulting in a total of eleven deaths. A tightening of gun laws is the consequence. Violence and abuse...weiterlesen »
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The Republican-led Justice Department’s release of photos of the former president with Jeffrey Epstein will introduce yet another generation to his flaws and controversies. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton...weiterlesen »