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Landmark ruling:Climate protection is now a human right: European Court rules in favor of senior citizens
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Quick Glance: Landmark Ruling: Switzerland Convicted for Inadequate Climate Protection
- The European Court of Human Rights convicted Switzerland for inadequate climate protection, considering it a violation of human rights.
- The ruling pertains to a group of senior women in Switzerland whose human rights were infringed due to insufficient climate protection.
- This groundbreaking verdict could set precedents for further climate-related lawsuits, both internationally and domestically.
- Additional climate lawsuits from Portugal and France were dismissed by the court, while the ruling in Switzerland carries significant implications.
Getting asylum seekers into jobs: In Upper Austria, Black and Blue is daring to carry out an astonishing experiment
derstandard.at/story/3000000214639/asylwerber-in-jobs-bringen-in-oberoesterreich-wagt-schwarz-blau-ein-erstaunliches-experiment
Gas drilling in Molln: Constitutional Court examines nature conservation law: MOLLN/VIENNA. The State Administrative Court of Upper Austria sees parts of the ...
nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/gasbohrung-in-molln-verfassungsgerichtshof-prueft-naturschutzgesetz;art4,3937944
What are Austria's 'personal holiday' rules?: In Austria, workers are entitled to a 'personal holiday', which bosses cannot dictate or deny ...
thelocal.at/20240418/what-are-austrias-personal-holiday-rules
Quarrels over the ORF law: The long road to the Constitutional Court: A decision by the Supreme Court delays the examination of regulations in the ORF law for ...
diepresse.com/18378709/querelen-um-das-orf-gesetz-der-lange-weg-zum-vfgh
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Climate lawsuit: Austria faces significant consequences: ...
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Why verdict in anti-gay case came as no shock: In March, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) had rightly refused to ...
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Fatal attack on freedom of the press: The ÖVP quickly abandons its basic state-supporting stance when client political interests predominate ...
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A university degree is no longer enough to open a pub: Until now, every university degree qualified people to work in the hospitality industry ...
diepresse.com/18253520/uni-abschluss-reicht-nicht-mehr-um-wirtshaus-zu-eroeffnen
Constitutional Court finds arbitrariness: Police may not take DNA samples as a deterrent
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Austria's insolvent Signa agrees winding up prestige unit: Creditors of Signa Prime Selection, the most prestigious segment of Austria's insolvent Signa Group ...
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Reader question: Is cannabis legal in Austria?: As neighbouring Germany approved a new law on cannabis usage, how close is Austria to relaxing its rules? The ...
thelocal.at/20220519/explained-is-austria-set-to-legalise-cannabis-use
After a fine: Carinthians “sue” against border controls: In 2021, Carinthians received a fine for not stopping at the border crossing with Slovenia ...
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Paid articlePaid Will a mere university degree soon no longer be enough to open a pub?: According to the hospitality regulations, a degree is considered a qualification to ...
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Does the vacancy tax come in Vienna? These are the necessary requirements and weak points
falter.at/morgen/20240301/diskussion-um-leerstandsabgabe-welche-voraussetzungen-fehlen-und-welche-schwachstellen-es-gibt
Hietzing: A company committed to bees and biodiversity - Hietzing: The Hietzing-based company Hektar Nektar is helping to protect bees with its "Project 2028" ...
meinbezirk.at/hietzing/c-wirtschaft/ein-unternehmen-im-einsatz-fuer-bienen-und-biodiversitaet_a6609735
Today in Austria: A roundup of the latest news on Friday: Constitutional Court confirms provisions on basic energy supply, Tyrol addresses impeding veterinarian ...
thelocal.at/20240329/today-in-austria-a-roundup-of-the-latest-news-on-friday-134
Ex-VfGH member Peter Oberndorfer dies at the age of 81: Public law activist from Linz was a pioneer of Austrian municipal law and spatial planning law.
diepresse.com/18240286/ex-vfgh-mitglied-peter-oberndorfer-81-jaehrig-verstorben
Constitutional Court has repealed the regulation in the Lower Austrian Electricity Act
noen.at/niederoesterreich/politik/hoechstgericht-vfgh-hat-regelung-im-noe-elektrizitaetswesengesetz-aufgehoben-415420555
Host license for all academics threatens to fall: The Constitutional Court has reservations about any degree as proof of qualification. However ...
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Paid articlePaid Search for a successor: Hip through knitting should continue to be the motto in Währing - Währing
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Pig farming: Which soil should it be?: The VfGH ruled that fully slatted floors must come to an end sooner. But this means that the cards for pig farming are ...
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OGH ruling: What signal do we give our children?: The recent Supreme Court decision on the unplanned birth of a child not only provides more clarity in the legal ...
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Linz's parking fines are now also a concern for the Constitutional Court: LINZ. Supreme Court examines what the ÖAMTC calls “unlawful double punishment” for ...
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Burgenland is suing for excess profits and has a new fixed energy price: Together with Burgenland Energie and the Chamber of Labor, Governor Doskozil presented a ...
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After Signa's bankruptcy: René Benko's empire sells off its first properties: Hotels, shopping centers and even a court: The real estate company Signa Prime ...
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Early elections: When Nehammer and Kogler would have to file divorce papers: Because of the many public holidays and the long deadlines, only three dates are ...
kleinezeitung.at/politik/innenpolitik/18037556/wann-nehammer-und-kogler-die-scheidungspapiere-einreichen-muessten
The National Council had given existing pig breeding facilities until 2040 to convert. For the Constitutional Court, the deadline is not objectively justified ... Show more www.derstandard.at/story/3000000202158/vfgh-kippt-bei-vollspaltenboden-verbot-uebergangsfrist-bis-2040
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Kickl literally: The crude ideas of the FPÖ leader in a fact check
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Had a pig: What pig farmers think about the end of fully slatted floors: The Constitutional Court wants to put an end to fully slatted floors more quickly ...
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Paid articlePaid The ÖVP is planning an attack on the press: The Constitutional Court calls for a reform of the data protection law. The ÖVP seizes the opportunity
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Paid articlePaid Pigs should live better - #1069: FALTER radio. The podcast with Raimund Löw
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Application rejected: VfGH approves stricter allocation of real estate loans: There is no sufficient prospect of success, is the reasoning.
diepresse.com/17960443/antrag-abgelehnt-vfgh-billigt-strengere-vergabe-von-immo-krediten
Fully slatted floor decision: Styrian pig farmers face great uncertainty: The Constitutional Court overturned the long transition period for fully slatted floors ...
kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/17977270/schweinehalter-stehen-vor-grosser-unsicherheit
Florian Klenk on the dangers of quoting bans - #1065: FALTER radio. The podcast with Raimund Löw
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Supreme Court sweeps over turquoise-blue reforms: From minor changes to prestige projects, the Constitutional Court has overturned large parts of the ...
diepresse.com/17947664/hoechstgericht-fegt-ueber-tuerkis-blaue-reformen
Paid articlePaid Obligation to work for asylum seekers: “basically sensible” for Raab: VIENNA/LINZ. Integration Minister Susanne Raab (VP) supports the initiative from Upper ...
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Edtstadler calls for limits for corruption investigators: VIENNA. The Constitutional Minister advocates an expansion of the rights of the accused and a ban on ...
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The pressure is also increasing in Austria: What should save our farmers?: Protests are raging in Germany, and pressure is also increasing in Austria ...
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Lobautunnel: Lower Austria wants a say - what Vienna says about it - Vienna: The subject of the Lobau Tunnel is resurfacing again because the state of Lower ...
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Constitutional Court: Cell phone seizure without judicial approval unconstitutional
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"What is punishable in life must also be punishable in the digital world": The media policy of the black-green federal government has once again been the subject ...
noen.at/niederoesterreich/politik/zur-zukunft-der-medien-was-im-leben-strafbar-ist-muss-auch-in-digitaler-welt-strafbar-sein-402810564
Achleitner on luxury camping in Hinterstoder: Ball at community: HINTSTODER. Urgent request from the Greens: Authority should have recognized the lack of basic ...
nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/achleitner-zu-luxus-camping-in-hinterstoder-ball-bei-gemeinde;art4,3916823
No more cell phone taps without a judge: The Constitutional Court has ruled that stricter rules for cell phone tapping must apply from 2025 at the latest ...
diepresse.com/17929460/keine-handy-abnahme-ohne-richter-mehr
Waldhäusl, psychoterror in the memorial service & overburdened hospitals: What became of our research
falter.at/morgen/20231220/was-aus-unseren-recherchen-wurde
Investigators gain more difficult access to cell phones: who benefits?: According to the Constitutional Court, the current rule violates fundamental rights ...
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Paid articlePaid Why can't National Council President Sobotka be voted out of office?: The fact that presidents of the National Council here cannot be recalled significantly ...
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Paid articlePaid Constitutional Court: "A gain in the rule of law": Three questions for Viennese lawyer Richard Soyer, who brought the issue of cell phone seizures before the ...
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Legal advice for asylum seekers partly unconstitutional: VIENNA. The independence of legal advice for asylum seekers is not adequately protected by law by the ...
nachrichten.at/politik/innenpolitik/rechtsberatung-fuer-asylwerber-zum-teil-verfassungswidrig;art385,3908055
Arrest during wedding ceremony: BFA refers to 13 previous attempts: On Tuesday evening, the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BFA) announced details of ...
noen.at/moedling/voesendorfer-fall-festnahme-waehrend-trauung-bfa-verweist-auf-13-fruehere-versuche-404360018
Fully slatted floors: VfGH decision brings uncertainty for Lower Austrian companies
noen.at/niederoesterreich/wirtschaft/schweinehaltung-vollspaltenboeden-vfgh-beschluss-bringt-unsicherheit-fuer-noe-betriebe-403602153
Who actually rules here?: The Burgenland governor and the VfGH slipped into a leadership role that the federal government fills insufficiently.
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Paid articlePaid Speeding route in Flachgau: Court overturns continuous 80s on B156, no consequences for drivers
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Paid articlePaid The VfGH success is followed by the “rescue operation” for pig farmers: At the request of the state, fully slatted floors in pig farming will soon be completely ...
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The authorities are once again warning against telephone scammers: what are the most common scams?
falter.at/morgen/20231212/dienstag-12-12-2023
Ö/OOE. The Constitutional Court (VfGH) has rejected an application for the so-called KIM regulation for the granting of real estate loans due to a lack of ...
tips.at/nachrichten/ooe/wirtschaft-politik/631058-strenge-regeln-bei-immobilien-kredite-verfassungsgerichtshof-lehnt-antrag-ab
Holiday shopping: Which stores will be open on December 8th: VIENNA/LINZ: Around 40 percent of local stores will not be open on the public holiday ...
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Different pension levels depending on the month of entry? That is constitutional: The SPÖ and FPÖ had lodged an appeal with the Constitutional Court. The court ...
diepresse.com/17894218/unterschiedlich-hohe-pension-je-nach-antrittsmonat-das-ist-verfassungskonform
How much will Austria's new mandatory TV licence fee cost you?: Austria’s ORF public broadcaster stands to rake in an extra €35 million for its annual budget now ...
thelocal.at/20231026/how-much-will-austrias-new-mandatory-tv-licence-fee-cost-you
Supreme Court has no problem with award criteria for real estate loans: ...
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Paid articlePaid Greta Thunberg plunges the climate movement into crisis: And now?: Five years ago, Fridays for Future demonstrated for the first time in Austria ...
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Paid articlePaid VfGH rejected a Vorarlberger's complaint against real estate credit rules: ...
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Development plan for Schulgasse in Westendorf overturned by court | Tyrolean daily newspaper online
tt.com/artikel/30872581/bebauungsplan-fuer-schulgasse-in-westendorf-von-gericht-aufgehoben
With St. Pölten lawyer: Children again with climate lawsuit at VfGH: In the summer, twelve children and young people failed in their climate lawsuit at the ...
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“Unconstitutional”: This is how Neos want to overturn the ORF state levy at the last moment
kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/17843010/so-wollen-neos-die-orf-landesabgabe-im-letzten-moment-kippen
Paid articlePaid “Causa Reichart”: Second defeat in the Moosbrugger case at the Supreme Court: ...
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Paid articlePaid Cell phone security: Karner also wants rules for messenger services: VIENNA. After the VfGH's findings on the unconstitutional analysis of mobile phones ...
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“This enemy image thinking must come to an end”: The Neos boss in an interview about anti-Semitism in Austria, liberal democracy and how we have to defend it.
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Boltz, Steininger, Hlawati: The government listens to these ten people: Despite its well-staffed ministerial bureaucracy, the government uses external services ...
profil.at/oesterreich/auf-diese-10-personen-hoert-die-regierung/402655766
VfGH President Grabenwarter: “The constitution is not a wish concert”: VfGH President Grabenwarter argues that a democracy also has to endure unpleasant ...
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Minimum income: Vienna decides on "parental family supplement": The Constitutional Court has repealed the cost rates for couples in Vienna ...
diepresse.com/17806066/mindestsicherung-wien-beschliesst-eltern-familienzuschlag
According to the VfGH, aliquoting of pensions is constitutional: VIENNA. The Constitutional Court (VfGH) has declared pension aliquots to be constitutional ...
nachrichten.at/politik/innenpolitik/aliquotierung-der-pensionen-laut-vfgh-verfassungskonform;art385,3903579
Waldorf schools are rejected by VfGH - and try again: VIENNA. The independent schools are not giving up in their legal fight for equal treatment with ...
nachrichten.at/panorama/chronik/waldorfschulen-blitzen-bei-vfgh-ab-und-versuchen-es-erneut;art58,3895751
Saarland: CDU in the state parliament is examining a lawsuit against transformation funds
saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/landespolitik/saarland-cdu-im-landtag-prueft-klage-gegen-transformationsfonds_aid-102216265
Political scandal in Austria: Homeland of sleaze: Austria has a new “Ibiza”. This time it's about a secretly recorded conversation, influencing investigations ...
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Paid articlePaid Care and support: Can there be compulsory non-profit status?: Should only non-profit institutions be allowed to offer care services? That's what the state ...
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Paid articlePaid What does “fundamental right” actually mean?: Civil rights, equality rights, procedural rights, minority rights, children's rights. Violation of fundamental ...
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Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday: Deadlock in the Deutsche Bahn negotiations, calls for a new federal election, and more news from ...
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