One year after the first corona cases in Austria: the day it all began On February 25, 2020, the first infections with corona virus were confirmed in Innsbruck. A chronological look back at when it all began. The chronology shows what developments and measures there have been since then:...
Austria’s population has grown to almost 9 million! Burgenland, Vienna and Vorarlberg are growing the most. But, without people who have non-Austrian citizenship, the population would have shrunk. “Austria continues to grow,” said Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas. It is expected to reach the nine-million mark in the...
Tyrol against the rest of the world: The deep traces of the Corona pandemic! Instead of full employment, there is record unemployment. And instead of being a tourist magnet, it is the bogeyman due to misconduct and harsh rhetoric. How did it get this far? In addition to thousands...
From March 1, free self-tests available to all in pharmacies Government expands it’s “self-testing” offer. SPÖ leader Rendi-Wagner calls for self-tests to be considered “entry tests” for visits to hairdressers, for example. “Test, test, test” “Test, test, test” is the motto in the fight against the Corona pandemic. Now...
Cover-up scandal? Over 150 active South Africa cases in Tyrol. As OE24 newspaper learned from Tyrolean medical circles, there are not as previously stated only 8 cases of the new mutation virus, but there are already 150 cases of the South Africa virus in Tyrol! On Saturday, it was...
Why Tyrol has a problem with criticism! The tone in the mountains is sometimes rough. It would be appropriate to be critical of the country’s Corona policy – even in tourism. Criticism is not a welcome guest in the Tyrol. But since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, the...
The British order with the French-Austrian company has been increased. Negotiations are also underway with the EU. The vaccine is still to be licensed there in 2021. The UK has increased its order for the planned Corona vaccine from the French-Austrian company Valneva from 60 to 100 million doses....
Rising numbers of corona at the Zillertal Cluster. Brazen party guests in St. Anton am Arlberg are coming into focus as the cause. Innsbruck – In Tyrol’s winter sports strongholds, the lockdown seems to work only to a limited extent. In the Zillertal, where a cluster originating from the...
In nine districts in Austria, the share of e-cars in new registrations exceeded ten percent in the previous year. The frontrunner is Vienna city with 14.4 percent. Outside Vienna, the Upper Austrian district of Kirchdorf an der Krems has the highest e-car share, ahead of the Carinthian district of...
Austria Financial police uncovered illegal work and tax evasion at Amazon service providers. Misconduct was found at 130 of 133 companies checked. Following a large-scale raid at Amazon’s distribution center in Großebersdorf in February 2020, the financial police have now taken further action against Amazon service providers. In the...