profil.at Newsfeed: Austrian news

Following Austrian politics usually means opening a social network and wading through everything else on the timeline. profil.at Newsfeed moves the magazine's headlines into a Telegram chat, so the news arrives where you already read. 📰

The bot was built with a bot constructor, and its German description says it forwards the feed of profil. There is nothing to configure: you open it and the stream starts.

Who is behind the headlines

profil is a weekly Austrian news magazine based in Vienna. The first issue came out on 7 September 1970, founded by Oscar Bronner. Since March 2023 the editor in chief is Anna Thalhammer, the first woman in that job.

The magazine is known for political coverage and investigative reporting. It is one of the best known news magazines in the country.

What lands in your chat

Think of the bot as a courier. It takes posts from the editorial feed and drops them into your conversation, so you see a short teaser and decide whether the full story is worth a click.

• Headlines without the noise. Only what the newsroom posts to its own feed, with no suggested accounts or ads from the social network.
• One stream, one place. News sits next to your other chats instead of living in another app.
• Easy to mute. If the flow gets heavy, mute the chat in Telegram settings.

The German question

The feed is in German and the bot does not translate anything. That is also a plus for learners: headlines are short, easy to read with a dictionary, and the recurring topics become familiar quickly. 🇦🇹

If your German is rusty, Telegram's built-in message translation gives you the gist. For exact quotes, open the original article.

Getting it running

1. Open the bot with the button on this page.
2. Press Start or send the /start command.
3. Wait for the first posts from the feed.
4. Mute the chat if you do not want a ping for every item.

Limits worth knowing

Bots like this depend on an outside source. When a social network changes how its feed can be accessed, forwarding may become patchy or stop altogether. That is a normal risk for constructor bots.

The bot forwards teasers, not full articles. Some of the magazine's stories sit behind a paywall, so the complete text may need a subscription to the publication.

If the bot's author has no direct link to the newsroom, treat it as an independent relay of the feed and not as the magazine's official app. For anything important, check the magazine's own website. ⚠️

Who gets the most from it

German learners who want fresh reading material every day. People who follow Austria for work: journalists, analysts, students who moved to Vienna. And anyone who is happy with short headlines to stay informed.

If you want depth, use the bot as a signal. Spot a topic in the chat, open the story, read it in full.

A good first test is to watch the feed for a week and note which sections keep coming back: domestic politics, the economy, investigations, society. After two weeks you will know whether it fits your routine.