2023-07-13 19:28:04 Enquete “Giving prospects to children” decided on October 4th Vienna (PK) – In order to increase road safety, the authorities will in future be able to confiscate the vehicles of drivers who exceed the speed limit very quickly and, in particularly serious cases, ultimately declare them forfeited. A corresponding regulation took place in … Read more
2023-06-30 17:37:14 Congratulations to Bernadette Geieregger on entering the Federal Council, to the designated Federal Council President Margit Göll and the future club chairman Anton Erber. St. Pölten (OTS) – On September 21st there will be a number of changes in the state parliament and the federal council. After 15 years in the Lower Austrian … Read more
2023-06-07 12:46:44 Current hour with the Federal Minister of Labor and Economics Martin Kocher: “Support of supply chain research for a strong, resilient location” Vienna (OTS) – “The pandemic, the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine or the accident on the container ship ‘Ever Given’, which blocked the Suez Canal in 2021 and thus had … Read more
2023-04-16 16:08:53 Hamburg Peter Tschentscher in the USA “Germany is sending an important signal with this” As of 6:08 p.m | Reading time: 3 minutes The wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery, with the Hamburg delegation in the background Source: Joern Lauterbach On the first day of his trip as President of the Federal Council to … Read more
State chamber also for the school law package, amendment to the law on finds and changes in the penal code Vienna (PK) – From May it will be easier for older people to get a loan. Corresponding changes in the Mortgage and Real Estate Credit Act cleared the last parliamentary hurdle in the Bundesrat today. … Read more
Parliamentary Enquete on May 10th will be dedicated to the topic of care Vienna (PK) – The Bundesrat has no objection to displaced Ukrainians who fled their homeland from the Russian war of aggression being given easier access to the Austrian labor market. A corresponding amendment to the Foreigners Employment Act passed the state chamber … Read more
Urgent request to Federal Chancellor Nehammer addresses housing costs, vacancies and speculation Vienna (PK) – The SPÖ addressed housing costs as one of the main price drivers alongside energy costs in an urgent request to Chancellor Karl Nehammer in the Bundesrat today. The increase in housing costs cannot be explained solely by the crises of … Read more
Chamber of States confirms compensation for network loss costs for 2023 Vienna (PK) – With the amendment to the Electricity Cost Subsidy Act, which was approved by a majority in the Bundesrat today, larger households with more than three people are given greater consideration in the so-called electricity price or electricity cost brake, which has … Read more