Tuesday Brought First Vienna Special State Parliament 2026

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In the Vienna City Hall, the first meeting of the city parliament in the year 2026 took place on Tuesday. The agenda included a special session of the state parliament on the topic of housing. This was...weiterlesen »

Government Retreat Begins at the Hofburg

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With about an hour's delay, the government leaders started their first retreat of the new year on Tuesday afternoon. After a meeting with Federal President Van der Bellen, they proceeded to the conference...weiterlesen »

Car Show Vienna Drive Opens Its Doors on Thursday

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The automotive year 2025 went better than expected for manufacturers and dealers. The final registration numbers for the entire year will be presented tomorrow, Wednesday. By November, there was an increase...weiterlesen »

1926 Opened: Rax Cable Car Turns 100 Years Old

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This was announced in a press release on Tuesday. In the current winter, snowshoe hiking is considered the central theme on the Rax. In less than eight minutes, the cable car overcomes more than 1,000...weiterlesen »

Austria in Pension Shock: Fear of Old-Age Poverty Grows

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The trust of Austrians in the state pension is dwindling - concerns about financial security in old age are growing. According to a study published on Tuesday by Erste Bank, Sparkassen, and Wiener Städtische,...weiterlesen »

Austrians Went to the Cinema More Often Again in 2025

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An increase of 11 percent in box office and 8.1 percent in cinema visits compared to the previous year is reported by the Austrian Film Institute (ÖFI) for the past year. According to figures reported...weiterlesen »

Government Retreat Begins at the Hofburg

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It is quite certain that a cheaper industrial electricity will be established, although there is still a struggle over the counter-financing. It remains open whether the SPÖ's wish will be fulfilled that...weiterlesen »

Survey: Majority of Austrians Support Stricter Asylum Policy

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Accordingly, Austrians want people who have entered the country via smugglers to be unable to apply for asylum. Furthermore, there is support for the obligation to perform community service. The approval...weiterlesen »

Retail Looks Pessimistically into the Near Future

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Consumer and retail climate show no improvement in the past year 2025 nor in the outlook for 2026, as revealed by a recent analysis from the Institute for Retail, Sales, and Marketing (IHaM) at Johannes...weiterlesen »

Green Party Calls for Stricter Rules for Airbnb and Co. in Vienna

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Outside of these zones, there should be further significant restrictions, as party leader Peter Kraus and club chairman Georg Prack demanded at a press conference on Monday. The problem, they reported,...weiterlesen »

After Criticism from Karl Habsburg: Hofer Leaves the Order of St. George

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"As of today, I have relinquished my honorary knighthood in the St. George's Order. Public statements that contradict the spirit of mutual respect make this step seem necessary to me. I regret this development,"...weiterlesen »

Sharia Ban in the Legal System on the Horizon?

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It is also considered very likely that the industry will continue to be supported with electricity prices. The implementation of the rules for the EU asylum reform is unlikely to be part of the decisions...weiterlesen »

Minus 29 Degrees: Austria Experienced Coldest Night of This Winter

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In second place was Schwarzau im Freiwald in the Gmünd district of Lower Austria with minus 28.4 degrees at 788 meters. However, the cold wave should be over - for now - as stated by Geosphere Austria...weiterlesen »

Song Contest 2026 Becomes a Security Test for Vienna Police

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Their chief, State Police President Gerhard Pürstl, expressed this conviction in an APA interview. At the same time, he emphasized that the challenge is not entirely new. "It's not the first," he said,...weiterlesen »

Weather Warning: Increased Risk of Black Ice at the Start of the Week

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The start of the workweek brings us a warm front that will move over Austria from the west. As announced by Geosphere Austria, light snowfall will begin in Vorarlberg and the Tyrolean Oberland during the...weiterlesen »

Rudolf Scholten: "Jour fixe is the synonym for bad communication"

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His first official act as a voluntary special advisor to Culture Minister Andreas Babler (SPÖ) was to lend him the 1979 classic "Culture for All" by Frankfurt's cultural officer Hilmar Hoffmann. With Rudolf...weiterlesen »

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