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Vienna presents new traffic plan for Aumannplatz #urbanplanning #Vienna #Währing
Vienna presents new traffic plan for Aumannplatz
Vienna has presented plans to redesign Aumannplatz square in the Währing district, including a pedestrian zone and an expanded park, ORF reported. The section of Währinger Straße at the square is to become a pedestrian zone. Motor traffic in both directions would be routed along the Gentzgasse si…
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September 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Pig lung disease outbreak places 60 Swiss farms under quarantine #animaldisease #pigfarming #Switzerland
Pig lung disease outbreak places 60 Swiss farms under quarantine
SRF reported that enzootic pneumonia has broken out across a large network of pig-breeding and fattening farms in Switzerland, with 60 farms placed under quarantine. The affected farms include 20 breeding operations in six cantons and 40 fattening farms in 16 cantons. The farms belong to a pig-ri…
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September 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Upper Austria teachers demand more support for inclusive education #inclusiveeducation #schools #UpperAustria
Upper Austria teachers demand more support for inclusive education
Teachers in Upper Austria say schools lack the staff, funding and support needed to include children with special educational needs, ORF reported. The criticism comes from the Social Democratic Teachers’ Association and the FSG faction representing compulsory-school teachers, based on a survey of…
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September 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Graz prisoner sentenced to 10 years and six months #criminaltrial #Graz #prisonassault
Graz prisoner sentenced to 10 years and six months
A 34-year-old prisoner was sentenced in Graz to 10 years and six months in prison and ordered to return to a forensic-therapeutic centre after allegedly attacking his cellmate, ORF reported. The verdict is not yet legally binding. The incident took place in September 2023 at Graz-Karlau prison. T…
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September 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Storms trigger 29 fire brigade callouts in Upper Austria #firebrigade #storms #UpperAustria
Storms trigger 29 fire brigade callouts in Upper Austria
A storm cell moving from Bavaria into Upper Austria’s Innviertel region triggered 29 fire brigade callouts by late Wednesday afternoon, ORF reported. Crews pumped out basements, cleared fallen trees from roads and secured damaged roofs as the storms spread towards the central region. Heavy rain, …
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September 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Cantonal rules split Swiss forest fire warning map #cantons #forestfires #Switzerland
Cantonal rules split Swiss forest fire warning map
Forest fire danger levels can change sharply across Swiss cantonal borders, with similar conditions producing different warnings, SRF reported on Wednesday. In Eggersriet in St Gallen canton, the danger level was 4, the second-highest of five levels, while neighbouring Rehetobel in Appenzell Auss…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Schetteregg ski area secures future with signed contracts #bikeparks #Schetteregg #skiareas
Schetteregg ski area secures future with signed contracts
The future of the Schetteregg ski area is secured after the Alpe Gemeine Brongen and Tristen alpine pasture association signed contracts with investor Jürgen Sutterlüty, broadcaster ORF reported. Project manager Elias Schwärzler said the agreement guarantees winter operations and clears the way f…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Swiss National Council debates wider disability inclusion #accessibility #disabilityinclusion #Swissparliament
Swiss National Council debates wider disability inclusion
The Swiss National Council has begun debating a popular initiative and an inclusion law aimed at reducing everyday barriers for people with disabilities, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported. The debate will continue on Monday, and no decisions were taken on Wednesday because of time constraints…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Vorarlberg records Austria’s sharpest rise in company insolvencies #companyinsolvencies #restructuring #Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg records Austria’s sharpest rise in company insolvencies
Vorarlberg has recorded 150 company insolvencies this year, 40 percent more than in the previous year, according to figures cited by ORF. The increase is the highest among Austria’s federal states, the Credit Protection Association of 1870 said. Nathaniel Heinritz, head of the association’s Vorar…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Zug plans special zones to accelerate affordable housing #affordablehousing #housingshortage #Zug
Zug plans special zones to accelerate affordable housing
Zug, a Swiss canton, plans to create temporary “white zones” where developers could build taller and more densely to address the housing shortage, SRF reported. Property owners would be allowed to exceed standard building rules in these zones, but at least 40% of newly built homes would have to b…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Legionella found at Hörsching barracks, but no soldiers infected #Hörsching #legionella #Linz
Legionella found at Hörsching barracks, but no soldiers infected
Legionella bacteria were found in sanitary facilities at the Hörsching military barracks, but none of the roughly 1,000 soldiers there became infected, ORF reported on Wednesday. The discovery came amid an outbreak in Linz that has sickened 32 people and killed three. The bacteria were detected i…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Basel-Stadt parliament approves voting rights from age 16 #BaselStadt #Switzerland #votingage
Basel-Stadt parliament approves voting rights from age 16
Basel-Stadt’s parliament has approved lowering the voting age for cantonal and municipal elections from 18 to 16, SRF reported. The amendment to the cantonal constitution passed by 61 votes to 37. The change would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, but not stand for election. The minimum age for…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Sisi church marks 125 years despite endless repairs #churches #LowerAustria #Schneeberg
Sisi church marks 125 years despite endless repairs
The Kaiserin Elisabeth Memorial Church, one of Lower Austria's most distinctive buildings, has marked 125 years since its inauguration while continuing to require repairs because of its exposed location. ORF reported that the church stands beside the mountain railway station on the Schneeberg at …
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September 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Lucerne opens new children’s hospital after 55 years #childrenshospital #healthcare #Lucerne
Lucerne opens new children’s hospital after 55 years
Lucerne’s new children’s hospital and women’s clinic have officially opened after an investment of around 296 million Swiss francs, SRF reported. The Lucerne Cantonal Hospital plans to move both clinics into the new building in October. The previous children’s hospital had been in use for 55 year…
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September 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Tieschen mayor regains access to Meta platforms #Meta #socialmedia #Styria
Tieschen mayor regains access to Meta platforms
The mayor of Tieschen, a municipality in the Southeast Styria district, has regained access to his WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram accounts, ORF reported on Wednesday. Martin Weber of the Social Democratic Party was blocked from all three platforms several days ago after comparing US President D…
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September 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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SBB chief puts track maintenance before expansion projects #railinfrastructure #SBB #Switzerland
SBB chief puts track maintenance before expansion projects
SBB chief executive Vincent Ducrot says maintaining Switzerland’s rail infrastructure must come before expansion projects. In an interview with SRF, he said the railway faces heavy strain from record passenger numbers, around 10,000 trains a day and millions of cyberattacks each year. The Swiss F…
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September 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Ferry shutdown deepens dispute over March bridge location #LowerAustria #Slovakia #transport
Ferry shutdown deepens dispute over March bridge location
The March ferry linking Austria and Slovakia has been out of service for almost three months because of low water levels, putting pressure on hundreds of commuters, ORF reported. Lower Austria is considering a bridge over the border river, but the two sides remain divided over where it should be …
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September 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Salzburg labour chamber calls for pellet price cap #energyprices #heatingpellets #Salzburg
Salzburg labour chamber calls for pellet price cap
The Salzburg Chamber of Labour is calling for a price cap on heating pellets after prices rose by a third in one year, ORF reported. The chamber predicts that various geopolitical conflicts could drive prices even higher. The increase has been greater than for heating oil, which has also become s…
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September 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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East Tyrol opens €850,000 cycling link across bridge #cycling #EastTyrol #transport
East Tyrol opens €850,000 cycling link across bridge
East Tyrol has opened a new link in its everyday cycling network, making an existing bridge between Nußdorf-Debant and Dölsach safer for cyclists, ORF reported. The project cost €850,000. The cycling path across the bridge was inaugurated on Wednesday and also received a blessing from the church.…
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September 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Vienna honours women with 25th annual Women’s Award #awards #Vienna #womensrights
Vienna honours women with 25th annual Women’s Award
The Vienna Women’s Award was presented at city hall for the 25th time, ORF reported. The femchor, a choir that campaigns for equality and against patriarchal structures, was among the recipients. The choir accepted the award in the “Everyday Heroine” category and provided the music for the ceremo…
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September 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Rotahorn Prize names Hannah K. Bründl and Christoph Szalay winners #Austrianliterature #RotahornPrize #Styria
Rotahorn Prize names Hannah K. Bründl and Christoph Szalay winners
Hannah K. Bründl and Christoph Szalay have won this year’s Rotahorn Prize for literature, ORF Steiermark reported on Wednesday. Each will receive 4,000 euros. The winners were selected from a shortlist by a specialist jury at the 16th edition of the prize, which was founded in 2011 by Saubermache…
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September 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Experts gather in Salzburg to tackle childhood obesity #childhoodobesity #healthcare #Salzburg
Experts gather in Salzburg to tackle childhood obesity
A three-day international congress on childhood obesity began in Salzburg on Wednesday, with experts seeking better ways to prevent and treat the condition, ORF reported. Around seven percent of primary school children in Austria have obesity, while about 5,000 children of primary school age are …
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September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Wrong-place stop triggered Munich S-Bahn short circuit #MunichSBahn #overheadline #raildisruption
Wrong-place stop triggered Munich S-Bahn short circuit
According to BR, a Munich S-Bahn train stopping in the wrong place caused a short circuit in an overhead line on Tuesday, disrupting services on the city’s central trunk route during the morning rush hour. A Deutsche Bahn spokesperson said an S8 train had “unplannedly come to a stop exactly in a …
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September 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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E-bike rider injured after colliding with car in Hall #cycling #Hall #roadaccidents
E-bike rider injured after colliding with car in Hall
ORF reported that a 51-year-old e-bike rider was injured in a collision with a car in Hall on Wednesday. The cyclist was travelling towards Innsbruck on the side road of the B171 when he collided near Behaimstraße with a car driven by a 39-year-old man as it was pulling out. The impact threw the …
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September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Severe thunderstorms threaten southern Bavaria, weather service warns #Bavaria #severeweather #thunderstorms
Severe thunderstorms threaten southern Bavaria, weather service warns
Severe thunderstorms are expected in southern Bavaria, BR24 reported, citing a severe weather warning issued by the German Weather Service. Forecasters expect heavy rain, large hail and strong gusts of wind. The German Weather Service warned of risks to life and health from lightning, falling bra…
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September 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM