AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoEU Energy Tax Push: Finance ministers from Austria, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland renewed calls for an EU-wide excess profit (windfall) tax on oil companies, arguing current measures haven’t curbed fuel costs and that crisis profits should help ease the burden on households. Vienna & Austria Climate Impact: New heatwave figures point to Europe recording over 30,000 excess deaths this summer, with Austria among the hardest-hit countries in provisional tallies. Vienna Tech & Privacy: Mozilla says Firefox 154 is rolling out a free built-in VPN and adding the privacy-focused Startpage search option for users in Austria and other European markets. Vienna Public Services: A Viennese woman has sued the city over public toilet charges, challenging the fee structure. Sports (Austria in the mix): In football, Austria’s Konrad Laimer starts for Bayern in the German Super Cup, while Celtic’s transfer talks include Austria-born midfielder Ermin Mahmic.
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