Archive for Category: Austria News

Number of asylum applications on the rise: Karner sends police to borders Among other things, the Interior Minister wants to use video surveillance, drones and thermal imaging cameras to combat people smuggling. The number of asylum applications has more than doubled this year compared to the previous year. 21,000...

Now more difficult to get Mortgage Higher hurdles for home loans: What applies from August onwards In a month’s time, stricter criteria for granting private real estate loans will come into force. The banks’ compliance with the new standards will be monitored in many ways. From 1 August 2022,...

Real estate market in Austria increasingly overheated according to OeNB Residential property prices are rising at an above-average rate compared to household incomes. Nevertheless, more and more people are taking out loans. Things are heating up on the domestic real estate market. For the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) even clearly...

As other countries in Europe move toward reopening and ditch mandates, Austria’s new law faces pitfalls. When Austria announced plans to impose a nationwide coronavirus vaccine mandate back in November, officials billed it as the best and only way to increase the low vaccination rates and bring the Alpine...

the . The People trafficers used a so-called pallet box attached under the semi-trailer of a truck, which was described by the refugees as a “horror box”. The trips were uncovered in January in the district of Bruck a. d. Leitha. The illegal trips started in Arad in Romania....