2023-10-06 17:43:59
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The Austrian economy is not doing well at the moment. The Economic Research Institute and the Institute for Advanced Studies have significantly lowered their forecasts. The economy will shrink by up to 0.8 percent this year. The reasons for this are the high energy prices and high inflation. Because interest rates have risen sharply, less is being invested. Things shouldn’t get better once more until next year.
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize goes to the Iranian women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi. The Nobel Committee announced this on Friday in Oslo, Norway. Mohammadi is honored for her fight once morest the oppression of women in Iran and her fight for human rights and freedom for all. The 51-year-old is currently in prison in Tehran. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded every year in the Norwegian capital Oslo for over 100 years. It is awarded to people who are particularly committed to peace, disarmament or reconciliation.
There was a second case of murder and suicide in Vienna on Friday. In the Brigittenau district, a man is said to have stabbed his wife and then jumped out of the window. On Thursday, a woman was apparently killed by her partner in Vienna-Liesing. Both were found in a semi-detached house with cut injuries. The woman was dead and the man was taken to the intensive care unit of a hospital. He is being investigated on suspicion of murder.
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