The news overview on Thursday evening

• Child abuse: Webcam perpetrator from Upper Austria charged with rape. An Upper Austrian is not only said to have paid online for Filipino children to be abused in front of a webcam, he is also said to have raped and sexually abused three girls in his area. >> Read OÖNplus article
• Official secrecy: Municipal Association President Mader sees hurdles for freedom of information. The President of the Upper Austrian Association of Municipalities, Christian Mader (VP), expects major problems if the requirements for small municipalities are not adjusted. “Reducing bureaucracy looks different.” >> To the OÖNplus article
• Missing Austrians in Greece: Male body found. After a female body was found after the violent storms in Greece, emergency services have now also found the dead body of a man. >> To the post
• ECB raises key interest rate again. In the fight against inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates for the tenth time in a row. >> Read more
• Warning in the Netherlands: wastewater at festivals full of drug residues. A Dutch water association has warned about the pollution of wastewater from music festivals: sewage treatment plants are not equipped to filter drug residues from the water. The majority therefore flows into bodies of water – with corresponding consequences. >> Read more
• “I swear to you, you will die soon”: Tennis professional Tamira Paszek makes death threat public. Tennis professional Tamira Paszek publishes a death threat from a user on social media. >> To the post
• Study shows: ChatGPT is as good as doctors for diagnosis in the emergency room. Although the AI ​​text program ChatGPT does not specialize in medicine, it diagnoses patients in the emergency room at least as correctly as doctors, according to a study published on Wednesday. >> Read now
• “We are waiting for coronavirus aid worth millions.” A few thousand companies in Austria are still waiting for Corona aid around a year and a half after the last lockdown. >> To the article
• Austria’s dairies expect lower sales in 2023. “In 2023 we will probably not reach the sales of 3.8 billion euros,” said Helmut Petschar, head of the Association of Austrian Milk Processors (VÖM), on Thursday at a press conference in Rotholz in Tyrol. >> Read post

Further reports from Upper Austria

• File OÖ: Somehow we are all children of the old Voest. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in Donawitz on Wednesday, followed next week in Linz for an electric arc furnace. voestalpine is facing enormous upheavals. A personal look back from Gerald Mandlbauer on the company that shaped and continues to shape Upper Austria. >> Read OÖNplus article
• Haag am Hausruck: 93-year-old died in collision with excavator. A 93-year-old car driver crashed into an excavator that was standing on the road during woodwork on the Innbachtal Landesstraße near Haag am Hausruck (Grieskirchen district) on Wednesday. >> To the article
• In the future, cruise ships will be able to refuel on shore power at ten piers. Cruise ship tourism in Linz has not only been at the center of many a heated verbal exchange – the power supply using diesel generators was particularly criticized. >> Find out more here
• Schärding: Excitement about plans for housing construction on Passauer Strasse. Residents and neighbors see massive disruption to the “historic core zone”. The architectural office commissioned considers the arguments to be “insubstantial in terms of building law”. >> To the OÖNplus contribution
• What Blau-Weiß Linz can learn from its ladies. Home game double: First the men meet Altach in the Bundesliga on Saturday, then the women host the team from Vorarlberg. >> Read now
• Pfarrmusik Ort brings cabaret artists and pediatrician Omar Sarsam to the Innviertel. The Pfarrmusik Ort is bringing the next cabaret great to the Innviertel with the cabaret artist and pediatrician Omar Sarsam – for a performance at the FACC Werk. >> Go to the details
• Linz city center concept: Now the citizens have their say. In October and November, the people of Linz can get actively involved. A meeting with important stakeholders will follow at the beginning of 2024. >> Read more

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