Vienna has set a new heat record, while Austria’s unemployment rate has risen to 6.9 percent, plus more stories from Austria on Tuesday. Austria nevertheless continues to face a shortage of skilled workers in professions including electrical installation, vehicle mechanics, mechanical engineering, bricklaying and medicine. AdvertisementAustrian Airlines to end Graz-Vienna routeAustrian Airlines will discontinue its flight between Graz and Vienna, according to ORF Steiermark. What’s happening in Austria todayAdvertisementRed heat warnings apply in Vienna, northern Burgenland and north-eastern Lower Austria. The Salzburg Lokalbahn remains closed between Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and Bürmoos, and some international services through Passau are altered.