An Austrian doctor is claiming to have created the first drive-in doctors surgery – at a petrol station. Visitors who turn up for treatment can spend the waiting time filling up their cars, putting them in the washer or shopping in the petrol station supermarket while they wait to be called by Dr Dieter Zakel, […]
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By Rob Hyde in Vienna. Customers shopping at petrol stations Austria are having to pay almost twice as much as in supermarkets, a recent report shows. Statistics published by the Chamber of Labour (AK) reveal that the price of purchasing food, drinks and general items from the petrol pump stores works as 48 per cent […]
A climate expert has called on lawmakers to provide people with cheap public transport tickets as petrol prices continue soaring. Stefan Schleicher of the Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) said yesterday (Thurs) the current situation posed a “unique chance” for decision-makers. Schleicher told radio channel Ö1 that politicians should offer affordable long-term tickets for means […]
OMV boss predicts energy price jumps
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OMV AG chief Gerhard Roiss has claimed that psychological aspects often matter more regarding the price of oil than fundamental grounds. Roiss called the increase of car fuel prices a “delicate topic”. He said the price for mineral oil might rather drop in the future than rise further. But Roiss also stressed that he was […]
Car fuel prices rise further
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The price for petrol keeps increasing, new figures show. Motorists’ association ÖAMTC announced that one litre of diesel fuel cost 1.473 Euros on average yesterday (Tues). The organisation pointed out this was a significant increase compared to last Friday’s average price of 1.439 Euros per litre, let alone to prices 10 years ago. One litre […]
Fuel prices under close scrutiny
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The Austrian Competition Authority (BWB) has asked the country’s leading oil companies and petrol station managers to comment on the current price developments. The BWB announced yesterday (Weds) it had decided to take a closer look at the recent pricing occurrences due to an increasing number of complaints by citizens and car clubs. The authority […]
More and more people are using means of public transport as car fuel prices hit a new high. Diesel cost 1.42 Euros on average last month, according to car club Arbö while the price for Eurosuper soared to 1.46 Euros. Arbö underlined that motorway service stations were charging up to 1.59 Euros for one litre […]
The head of a cut-price petrol station company has revealed expansion plans. Free Energy Trading (FE) boss Markus Friesacher said today (Weds) his enterprise started constructing a new no-frills service station in Slovenia. It is the first time that FE gets active abroad. The company currently manages 30 low-cost petrol stations across Austria. Customers pay […]
Vienna keeps cycling focus
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Vienna’s cycling network is set to become bigger. Greens Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou said yesterday (Weds) the city’s government coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and her party agreed about expanding several already existing cycling paths. She said the 24 individual projects would be carried out throughout this year and extend cycling strips by 20 kilometres […]
Massive fuel theft in Carinthia
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Thousands of litres of petrol were nicked from industrial estates in Carinthia at the weekend, police said yesterday (Mon). Officials in the district of Villach said 6,000 litres of fuel were missing after someone entered a business property in Kras. They explained that the criminals robbed fuel from the tanks of five lorries and other […]