BEFORE: Reduced mobility for students also in summer 2020

– Affordable mobility for students in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland Vienna / Lower Austria / Burgenland (OTS) – Vienna / Lower Austria / BGLD. For the more than 350,000 students at public universities and universities of applied sciences, the current semester is due to the CoVid due to the otherwise lecture-free summer months of … Read more

“There since 1928! Frau should have seen Liliputbahn” – Vienna

On Friday there was an unusual accident in the Vienna Prater. The Liliputbahn derailed. Shortly before 7 p.m. it crashed into Praterallee: The well-known and popular Liliputbahn jumped out of its tracks. The reason for this was a black panel van. The driver of the Ford apparently wanted to reset and probably didn’t look back. … Read more

Another Kurdish demo in Vienna: police with dogs on site – community

For the third evening in a row, Kurds and left-wing activists are taking to the streets in Vienna. The situation is coming to a head again. State of emergency in favorites: Demonstrations have been taking place in Vienna’s 10th district since Wednesday. On two days there were riots in the late evening hours. The police … Read more

43 billion euros for energy transition: an economic stimulus with leverage

26.06.2020 Vienna (OTS) – The issues of climate protection and energy will continue to be among the core issues of the Federal Government in the coming months. State Secretary Magnus Brunner emphasized this during yesterday’s trend forum of Austria’s Energy. The event entitled “Corona – Climate – Business Cycle” took place for the first time … Read more

Panic after Böller attack at demo in Favoriten – Vienna

The third demonstration in Vienna’s favorites took place on Friday within three days. And there were riots again. There has been a state of emergency in Vienna’s 10th district for three consecutive evenings. Kurds and left-wing activists also gathered in favorites on Friday. This time, the riots of the past few days were the reason … Read more

According to Aschbacher – Unemployment bonus also for recipients of minimum income

Whoever is at least 60 days from May to August and still unemployed gets the money. This unemployment bonus is expected to cost a total of EUR 200 million. Previously, there had been criticism from Vienna’s City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) that the current draft amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (AlVG) would declare the one-off … Read more

Gambling – Casinos Austria now mostly in Czech hands

The gaming giant Novomatic has given up its 17.19 percent share, not least because of the Postenschacher affair. Sazka had previously held the largest share (38.29 percent). The Republic of Austria holds 33.24 percent through the state holding company ÖBAG, the rest are small shareholders. “As one of the largest pan-European lottery operators, the Sazka … Read more