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Women in Austria effectively work 57 days unpaid this year, as the pay gap in full-time jobs stands at 15.5 per cent, while the government has yet to agree on implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
Two women in Tyrol aged 58 and 61 have each lost a five-figure sum to online scammers, police say – one to a fake actor, the other via a fraudulent link while selling clothes.
November has begun wintry in Austria with snow down to 700 metres. Famous mountain roads including the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße are closing for winter, while temporary closures and snow chain requirements may apply elsewhere.
A parliamentary reply by Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner revealed that an old tent bearing the Austrian Armed Forces' branding, used at a summer party of the FPÖ branch in Gössendorf, had been discarded. The ministry is considering a complaint.
A joint inspection operation in Vienna on Halloween night found violations at 8 of 16 venues. A club with around 200 guests was evacuated over blocked emergency exits, while police recorded 509 reports.
A 23-year-old Austrian security guard sprayed pepper spray into a large crowd outside a nightclub in Vienna's Leopoldstadt district. Some 40 people needed treatment and three young people were taken to hospital, police said.
Four masked individuals blew up a vending machine for cigarettes and snacks outside a tobacconist in Vienna's Döbling district early on Saturday and fled with the loot. Police confirmed the incident, which was captured on surveillance video.
