Survey: Austrians currently have the worst image of the EU as only 34% are positive. A majority in Austria and in the EU are in favor of more competences for the Union to overcome the Corona pandemic. Austrians currently have the worst image of the European Union. In a...
Attacks by chancellor and allies against corruption probe threaten rule of law, critics warn. Politicians in crisis tend to either lash out at their opponents or try to change the subject. Sebastian Kurz enlists his mother. “My mother is extremely sad and worried,” the Austrian chancellor told the daily...
Using cluster bombs and firearms, a group of radical Corona deniers planned several attacks against the police. On May 14, 2021, the Federal Office and several state offices for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism conducted house searches. With voluntary follow-up searches, and interrogations of radical Covid 19...
More local travel restrictions for Austrians: On Friday, 2,668 new Corona cases were registered in Austria.In the municipalities of Radstadt and Bad Hofgastein, exit restrictions went into effect today Friday, for two weeks. People can only leave the communities with a negative Corona test! Exit controls will be introduced...
100,000 vaccine doses from Biontech/Pfizer to be delivered in advance to Tyrol. The Tyrolean district of Schwaz, which is particularly affected by the South African coronavirus variant, is to be vaccinated with the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine. In cooperation with the EU Commission, Biontech/Pfizer, the Federal Government and the Province of...
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...
