Austria: Albania in the EU as soon as possible

15:50 27/03/2023 President Van der Bellen: Beware of “Golden Passports” Austria is an ally and supporter of Albania in the European integration process. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen testified this after the meeting with Albanian President Bajram Begaj in Tirana. Alexander Van der Bellen: We will support you so that this happens even faster. … Read more

Man fined £425 for ‘provocatively farting at police officers’ in Austria has fine reduced to £85

Man fined £425 for ‘provocatively farting at police officers’ in Austria has fine reduced to £85 on appeal The culprit was fined for ‘offending public decency’ after breaking wind at police He argued the fine saying his flatulence was protected by freedom of expression A judge concluded he had only ‘average’ culpability for the offence … Read more

Man fined £425 for ‘provocatively farting at police officers’ in Austria has fine reduced to £85

Man fined £425 for ‘provocatively farting at police officers’ in Austria has fine reduced to £85 on appeal The culprit was fined for ‘offending public decency’ after breaking wind at police He argued the fine saying his flatulence was protected by freedom of expression A judge concluded he had only ‘average’ culpability for the offence … Read more

Austria SUSPENDS jabs with batch of Astra-Zeneca vaccine after one person died and another fell ill

Austria has suspended vaccinations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus jabs as a precaution following the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots. A 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while another 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism, an acute lung disease caused by a dislodged blood … Read more

Europe Covid: Austria and Denmark to make vaccines with Israel

Austria and Denmark will produce new Covid vaccines without help from the EU after the bloc’s jab roll-out descended into a slow-paced shambles.  Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s prime minister, and Danish leader Mette Frederiksen announced today that they will travel to Israel to discuss development of a second generation of coronavirus vaccines with health authorities there. Israel … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

British tourists on skiing holiday in Austria are among 96 foreigners put into mandatory quarantine

British tourists are among 96 foreigners to have been put into mandatory quarantine by Austrian police after they were caught breaching Covid-19 restrictions by going on a skiing holiday. Each person could face a fine of up to €2,180 (£1,921) if they are found to have used loopholes to stay at the St Anton am Arlberg … Read more

Smuggler caught trying to sneak 74 chameleons into Austria by stuffing them into socks in suitcase

Chameleon karma: Smuggler is caught trying to sneak 74 lizards into Austria by stuffing them into socks in his suitcase The man was arrested in Vienna after arriving on a flight from Tanzania  He had stuffed the animals in ice cream boxes and socks for the long flight Experts believe the chameleons were destined for … Read more

How a British couple took in a family of Jews from Austria during the Second World War

The letter to Gladys Jones arrived without fanfare – and probably without much hope of a reply. It had been sent by a family she’d met just once on a Danube riverboat in Vienna five years earlier.  A little boy’s shoe had threatened to muddy her skirt as he’d knelt up to get a better … Read more

Austria will offer coronavirus tests to its entire population as country prepares for third lockdown

Austria will offer coronavirus tests to its entire 8.8 million population, with those testing negative receiving ‘more freedoms’ as the country prepares for third lockdown. The European country will go into coronavirus lockdown for a third time after Christmas, the government confirmed on Friday, just 11 days after the country’s second lockdown ended. Austria’s lockdown … Read more