Austria

Austria lockdown for unvaccinated to start Monday in EU first

Austria will begin a lockdown for people not vaccinated against Covid-19, a first in the EU as the Alpine member…

Austria tightens coronavirus restrictions further

  VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria on Friday said only those vaccinated or cured from coronavirus would be allowed to…

Life on Mars: simulating Red Planet base in Israeli desert

by Alexandra VARDI MITZPE RAMON, Israel (AFP) -- Inside a huge crater in Israel's sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing…

Austria gets new leader after graft crisis engulfs Kurz

by Jastinder KHERA VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria's top diplomat Alexander Schallenberg took over as chancellor on Monday as the…

Austria govt unveils ‘eco’ tax reform

VIENNA, Austria (AFP)  - Austria's government unveiled on Sunday what it calls an "eco-social" reform of the tax system, a…

Austria to phase out AstraZeneca virus vaccine

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria will phase out AstraZeneca from its Covid-19 immunization program because of delivery problems and wariness…

Austria health official quits over Covid crisis ‘overwork’

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria's health minister announced Tuesday he would resign as he was overworked and exhausted managing the…

Eight detained after Vienna attack had previous convictions

by Denise HRUBY VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Eight of those detained following Monday night's terrorist attack in Vienna had previous…

Two dead in ‘terror’ attack in central Vienna

by Jastinder KHERA VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Two people including one attacker were killed in central Vienna on Monday evening…

JUST IN: Shooting ongoing in Vienna, ‘apparent’ terror attack: official

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austrian Interior Minster Karl Nehammer said late Monday that the shooting in central Vienna near a…

Changing economy and climate hit Austria’s Alpine pastures

by Blaise GAUQUELIN Agence France-Presse PERTISAU, Austria (AFP) — With tender care, Sepp Rieser adorns the bulky heads of his reluctant…

UN says Covid will increase the risks associated with drug trafficking

Vienna, Austria (AFP) — The new coronavirus pandemic could hit drug markets just as the 2008 economic crisis did, exacerbating…

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