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Reports Germany to declare Austria’s Vienna coronavirus risk area

Germany will declare Austria's capital Vienna a risk area on Wednesday due to the number of coronavirus infections there, Austrian newspaper Der Standard reported, citing German government sources. German news…

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Austria reports highest amount of coronavirus cases in a day since March

Austria reported 664 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the biggest daily increase since late March, when an initial spike in infections was rapidly fading due to a…

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PhotoStory – Extreme conditions

Austrian ice swimmer Josef Koeberl sits in an ice cold glacier water, with the Tuxer Ferner in the background, at Hintertux Glacier at a hight of more than 2,600 meters…

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Britain removes Portugal from quarantine list, adds Austria and Croatia

Britain removed Portugal from its COVID-19 quarantine list on Thursday, but said rising infections elsewhere meant travellers arriving from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago would have to quarantine themselves…

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Norway adds Britain, Greece, Austria and Ireland to quarantine list

Norway announced it will impose a 10-day quarantine on all people arriving from Britain, Austria, Greece and Ireland from Aug. 22 due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in those…

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Photo Story: Perseid meteor shower over Austria

A digital stacked combination of long-time multiple exposures shows satellites and Perseid meteors crossing the sky over a chapel near the town of Herrnleis during Perseid meteor shower, Austria. The…

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Austria warns against travel to Croatia

Austria's foreign ministry on Friday warned against travel to Croatia, as concerns grow that vacationers could catch the coronavirus and spread it once they return. The warning is effective from…

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Austrian economy slumps by 10.7% as coronavirus bites

The Austrian economy shrank by 10.7% in the second quarter, marking its biggest contraction since World War Two, as the coronavirus pandemic hit both domestic and foreign demand, think…

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Weak response for Austrian coronavirus testing push in hotels

Austria's push to test large numbers of hotel staff for the coronavirus in a bid to reassure tourists is falling far short of its target as too few people have…

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Vienna Airport to suspend flights from 18 countries

Austria is expanding a list of countries from which planes won’t be allowed to land to include six nations in the western Balkans, as well as Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and…

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Cases of coronavirus in Austria surpass thousand threshold

For the first time since May 19, the cases of coronavirus in Austria have returned to above a thousand threshold. There are 1,012 'active' cases (+85 more than Sunday). In…

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Austria issues travel warning for six Balkan states

Austria has issued travel warnings for the whole of the Western Balkans, as the European Union added two of the six states in the region to a safe list. Several…

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U.S., Russian envoys to discuss arms control in Austria next week

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Marshall Billingslea will travel to Austria on Monday and Tuesday to discuss "mutually agreed topics related to the future of arms control" with Russian Deputy Foreign…

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Photo Story: Travel fully restored from Prague to Germany and Austria

A couple embraces next to train that arrived from Berlin at the main railway station in Prague, Czech Republic, 15 June 2020. Ceske Drahy, Czech national railway carrier, fully restored…

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Austrian finance minister says new stimulus package 14 billion euro so far

Austria's new stimulus package that will be finalised at a special cabinet meeting on Monday and Tuesday amounts to around 14 billion euros ($16 billion) so far, Finance Minister Gernot…

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Austrian Airlines expects company to be 20% smaller in 2022

Austrian Airlines expects its business to end up a fifth smaller by 2022 and to have cut the number of its employees by around 1,100 from 7,000 currently, the head…

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Austria’s government plans giving one-off payments to unemployed and families with children

The Austrian government intends to make one-off payments to jobless people and boost spending on families with children as part of measures this year to cushion the blow from the…

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UPDATED: Austria to temporarily cut VAT for culture, restaurants

Austria plans to cut value-added tax (VAT) for restaurants and the culture sector to 5% until the end of the year to help them cope with the fallout from the…

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Austrian Airlines to resume long-haul flights in July, to start flying to 36 European destinations

Austrian Airlines is to resume regular flight operations in July due to a satisfactory demand. The flight schedule will be extended in the coming month. From July onwards, Austrian Airlines…

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Austria to open borders to Italy, 20+ European countries

Austria will reopen its borders to Italy and lift a quarantine requirement for travellers from over 20 other European countries next week, officials said, in a further easing of restrictions…

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Ryanair Austrian unit reaches deal avoiding shutdown

Ryanair's Lauda airline has reached a new collective wage agreement with the trade union to ensure that its Vienna base will not shut down, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO)…

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Austria lifting coronavirus border checks with all neighbours except Italy

Austria is lifting coronavirus-related border restrictions including quarantines for all neighbouring countries except Italy as of Thursday, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said on Wednesday. Austria borders eight countries and had…

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Austria opposing Europe’s recovery plan

Austria has stated its opposition to Europe's current 750 billion euro plan to help economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic and wants to negotiate changes to the proposal, the country's…

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Austria insists Italy still hotspot for coronavirus

Italy is still a coronavirus hotspot, the Austrian government said on Thursday. "Italy is still a hotspot, even though in some regions the situation has improved and there is a…

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Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain receive €279m after natural disasters in 2019

On Thursday, Budgets Committee Members approved €279 million in EU aid following extreme weather events in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 2019. The draft report by rapporteur José Manuel Fernandes, (EPP,…

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Merck to buy Austrian vaccine maker as it jumps into COVID-19 race

Merck & Co Inc, which has largely kept to the sidelines of the race for COVID-19 treatments, said it was buying Austrian vaccine maker Themis Bioscience and would collaborate with…

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EU approves €8 billion Austrian scheme to compensate companies for damages related to COVID-19

The European Commission has found a €8 billion Austrian scheme to compensate companies for damages related to the coronavirus outbreak to be in line with EU State aid rules. Under…

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Austria’s President apologises after being caught by police in restaurant after curfew

The President of Austria has apologized after he and his wife were caught by police in a restaurant after a curfew in place to slow the spread of coronavirus. Alexander…

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Ryanair’s Lauda airline to close Vienna base with loss of 300 jobs

Ryanair's Austrian airline Lauda on Friday said it would shut down its main Vienna base on May 29 with the loss of more than 300 jobs in Austria after it…

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Austria to expand its testing to screen hotel staff

Austria plans a hefty expansion of its coronavirus testing just to screen hotel staff, in the hope of luring Germans and other tourists this summer and banishing the uncomfortable memory…

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Austria says reopening Italian border now would be irresponsible

Reopening Austria's border with Italy now would be "irresponsible in light of the epidemiological data from Italy", Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told Austrian daily Tiroler Tageszeitung on Wednesday. He said he…

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Austrian borders with Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary to reopen June 15

Austria's borders with the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary will fully reopen on June 15, the interior ministry said on Saturday, extending an easing of border controls to its…

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Photo Story: Border between Austria and Germany to reopen completely from 15 June

The border between Austria and Germany will be completely opened from 15 June, Austria’s tourism minister, Elisabeth Köstinger, has told the country’s public service broadcaster, ORF. The German chancellor, Angela…

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Austrian Airlines plans to cut 1,100 jobs

Lufthansa unit Austrian Airlines, which has applied for 767 million euros (669.7 million pounds) in emergency aid from the Austrian government, plans to cut 1,100 of its 7,000 staff by…

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Alp resort in Austria at heart of Europe’s outbreak reopens

Austria has lifted the strict quarantine on three ski resorts in Tyrol which were coronavirus hotspots. The three include Ischgl, known as the "Ibiza of the Alps", where hundreds of…

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Austria set to relax coronavirus lockdown measures

Austria will begin lifting its coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday but this is the first step in a long process, experts say. Austria came to a standstill when it introduced lockdown…

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World renowned Austrian restaurant now catering for medical staff

The internationally-known restaurants Steirereck and Meierei, owned by Birgit and Heinz Reitbauer, prepare up to 1000 free meals for emergency personals, since the Austrian government has announced measures slowing down…

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Austria becomes the first European country to announce plans to lift its lockdown

Austria plans to reopen smaller shops from next week in its first step to loosen a lockdown that has slowed the spread of the coronavirus, as long as the public…

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Austrian supermarkets hand out face masks

Austrian supermarkets began handing out basic face masks to largely compliant shoppers before they become compulsory next week, though there remained some confusion about the new measure and uncertainty about…

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Number of confirmed coronavirus cases exceeds 3,000 in Austria

The amount of people in Austria with confirmed cases of coronavirus crossed the 3,000 mark on Sunday, the Ministry of Health has announced. Compared with figures from Saturday, this is…

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Austrian ski town suspected as source of coronavirus across Europe

Politico reports that Tyrolean village of Ischgl in Austria may have been the main source of the outbreak of coronavirus in Europe. Health authorities across Scandinavia have traced several hundred…

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€38 billion relief plan announced by Austria

Austria will spend up to 38 billion euros to secure jobs and keep companies afloat, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Wednesday, joining other European countries providing more funds to limit…

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Austria limits people’s movement nationwide

The Austrian government is limiting people’s movement nationwide. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday that there should be only three reasons for people to leave home: essential work, essential purchases such…

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Austria reports first coronavirus death

A 69-year-old man has died in Vienna after contracting the new coronavirus, Austria’s first death in the rapidly spreading epidemic, city authorities said on Thursday. Austria has confirmed 302 cases…

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Six killed in avalanches on Austrian Alps

Six people have died after avalanches hit two separate areas of the Austrian Alps on Sunday, according to local authorities. In the central Dachstein area, a location popular with hikers,…

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Balkan countries step up controls at borders

Countries along the so-called 'Balkan route', where hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers crossed in 2015-2016, are pledging not to allow migrants to cross this time after Turkey's decision not…

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Austria quarantines a dozen people after first coronavirus cases, Madrid confirms two

Austria has quarantined 12 people who were in close contact with a couple who were the country’s first coronavirus cases, one of whom works as a hotel receptionist, the local…

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Austria’s foreign ministry targeted in ‘serious cyber-attack’

Austria's foreign ministry over the weekend was targeted in a "serious cyber-attack”, warning another country could be responsible. The hack started on Saturday night and experts warn it could continue…

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Greens in Austria enter government for first time

The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), led by Sebastian Kurz, and the Greens reached a deal to form a coalition government, the two parties announced late Wednesday. The "experiment" will…

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BrusselsViewPoint Europe’s 2019 Moments – Austria’s Ibiza-Gate

Denise Grech takes a glimpse at the most memorable moments in Europe this year. Ibiza-gate was a political scandal in Austria where the then chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache and…

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Austria ready to form new conservative-Green government

Austria will be able to ring in a new decade with a new government, after the conservative Austria’s People’s Party, led by Sebastian Kurz, and the Green Party agreed to…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria

A picture taken with a drone shows illuminated Christmas decoration at the so-called 'Christmas House' estate of the Gollnhuber family in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria. The Gollnhuber family since 2010 installs…

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Photo Story: Christmas market in Vienna

Photos from the Christmas market at Rathausplatz in central Vienna, Austria, on the evening of Sunday 15th December 2019, on the third Sunday of Advent. Photos: EPA-EFE/ZOLTAN BALOGH Click on…

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Malta, one of nine EU countries push back France’s drive to change EU enlargement process

Malta together with Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia have backed a counter-proposal to France's push aimed at changing the process for taking in new members, arguing…

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OPEC meeting breaks up without agreement

A meeting of the OPEC group of major oil-exporting countries broke up late Thursday without agreement on cutting production to head off pressure on prices from abundant reserves and…

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