St. Pölten – In view of the tough party talks following the state elections in Lower Austria, Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) spoke up on Wednesday. She appealed that the “interests of the country” must come before “personal sensitivities”. The aim of the People’s Party are working agreements with all government parties, i.e. with the FPÖ and SPÖ. The Social Democrats welcomed the fact that the People’s Party now “wants to concentrate entirely on content”.
RCA prices might rise even more this year. The new RCA reference rates, a benchmark for consumers regarding final car insurance prices over the next 6 months, have been published by the FSA and are higher for all drivers, in some cases by more than 41%, compared to the reference rates in August or February 2022.
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The Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) published the new RCA reference rates on Tuesday evening.
The new RCA reference rates are higher and by over 41% for some drivers
Highest RCA prices they will be available to car owners younger than or equal to 30 years old who drive cars with a cylinder capacity greater than 2,500 cc for which the ASF has announced an RCA reference rate of 4,709 lei.
The rate is approximately 14% higher than in August 2022, when its value was 4,140 lei, and 28% higher than in February 2022, when the reference rate for this category was 3,551 lei.
For drivers in the same age category who own cars with a cylinder capacity less than or equal to 1,200 cmc, the RCA reference rate announced by ASF is now 1,822 lei, up 19% compared to August 2022 (when this rate was 1532 lei) and by 41.7% compared to February 2022 (when this rate was 1286 lei).
At the opposite pole, the lowest RCA prices car owners between the ages of 51-60 who drive cars with a cylinder capacity of less than or equal to 1,200 cc will continue to receive payments, but also for those prices will be higher than before.
Thus, the new RCA reference rate announced by ASF for these drivers is 1,006 lei, an increase of 17% compared to August 2022, when this rate was 860 lei, and 32% compared to February 2022, when the rate for this category it was 762 lei.
What RCA increases are in other categories of drivers and electric cars
- For drivers between the ages of 31-40, the new RCA reference rates vary between 1,114 lei and 1,823 lei, depending on the cylinder capacity of the car.
- For drivers between the ages of 41-50, the new RCA reference rates vary between 1,076 lei and 2,912 lei, depending on the cylinder capacity of the car.
- For drivers between the ages of 51-60, the new reference rates vary between 1,006 lei and 2,853 lei, depending on the cylinder capacity of the car.
- For drivers aged over 60, the new reference rates vary between 1,036 lei and 2,767 lei, depending on the cylinder capacity of the car.
For the first time, ASF also published the reference rates for owners of electric cars, prices that vary between 1,397 lei (51-60 years) and 2,742 lei.
And firms will pay more for RCA
RCA rates for legal entities now vary between 1354 lei (cars with a cylinder capacity of 1601-1800 cc) and 1895 lei (those over 2500 cc).
In the case of electric cars, the RCA reference rate is 2736 lei.
For comparison, in August 2022, these reference rates were between 1149 lei and 1652 lei.
In February 2022, these reference rates were even lower, between 1038 lei and 1483 lei.
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In January 2022, a series of “lights in the sky” caught the attention of hundreds of Cordovans who took pictures of the phenomenon: it was regarding the 60 Starlink satellites, from Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm; but in the footage released now, only two “strange” lights can be seen that surprised tourists and residents of Villa Carlos Paz, in the area of the San Roque dam, west of the provincial capital.
The lights -according to the witness account- were at “a considerable height, towards the area where (the town of) Tanti is located.”
“We were on the waterfront, like any day, and suddenly those two lights appeared. They were regarding the height of the city of Tanti and the people who walked by stopped to observe. Then they disappeared like nothing happened”; said Marcelo, who recorded a video of the moment and shared it on his social networks.
The images were captured a few days ago in the area of the dam, they are not clear and the “objects” -as can be seen- were filmed from a distance.
Video: strange lights in Villa Carlos Paz
The Diario de Carlos Paz, which published the video, reported on the “phenomenon” and recalled that it is not the first time that these sightings have been reported.
In April 2020 and April 2021, during the pandemic, “apparitions” of objects on Lake San Roque were also reported, but there was never any official information and they were only images captured by neighbors and disseminated on their networks. In February 2022, a rural producer from Monte Buey was surprised by the story of a “strange light” that followed him in his field.
Be careful if you plan to go to the emergency room with your children. Since Monday and “for a few days”, access to the pediatric emergencies of the Nantes University Hospital is only possible on “prior regulation of the SAMU – Center 15”, according to a press release from the hospital.
Consequence of a regulatory measure to compensate for a lack of “nursing staff and childcare assistants”, and still continue to provide care for children. In question, a wave of sick leaves within the nursing staff of the pediatric service: Tuesday, there were fourteen “short-term sick leaves” in this service.
Alternatives to the emergency room if the child does not have serious symptoms
In response, the CGT union of the CHU de Nantes, in an open letter to the general manager of the hospital, denounces a growing number of “professional burnouts” and “deleterious and inhuman” working conditions. Directly linking the sick leave of pediatric emergency personnel to the “mistreatment” of which they would be victims, the CGT denounces a “non-existent social dialogue”. The union is demanding the creation of new positions, which it considers “essential to preserve the physical and psychological health of professionals”.
If the Nantes University Hospital has not communicated on the reasons for the numerous sick leaves, it recalls that alternative solutions to pediatric emergencies are to be preferred if the child does not present serious symptoms. General practitioner, private pediatrician or SOS Médecins should be contacted first before turning to the emergency room.