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Weekend Mobility Alert: ARBÖ Warns of Heavy Congestion as Semester Holidays Rotate
Motor club ARBÖ forecasts severe traffic on 8–9 February as different Austrian states swap semester holidays, German and Czech vacationers transit, and trade fairs in Wels and Salzburg draw crowds. Mobility planners should expect delays on the A1, A10, A13 and Vienna ring roads and consider rail options for trade-fair attendance.
Opposition Pushes to Limit Health-Care Coverage for Asylum-Seekers, Rekindling Policy Debate
FPÖ secretary-general Michael Schnedlitz on 8 February urged legislation to restrict asylum-seekers’ medical cover to a basic package, arguing the current system strains budgets and fuels migration ‘pull factors.’ The move intensifies Austria’s already heated asylum policy debate and could reshape benefit planning for internationally mobile employees.