In the ZIB2 interview with Armin Wolf, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz repeated his appeal to the population to hold out and to celebrate Easter in a narrow circle. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) joined Armin Wolf in the ZIB2 studio on Monday. In conversation with the ORF anchorman, the chancellor presented the road map for the … Read more
In Austria, hundreds of thousands have already downloaded a “Stop Corona” app from the Red Cross onto their cell phones. Use is voluntary. Chancellor Kurz plans to have the location data of all Austrians evaluated in the future. In the fight against the coronavirus after Easter, Austria may have more access to location data from … Read more
From Wednesday only with a face mask in public – Initial restrictions are designed to establish contact between people in the Corona crisis largely restrict. Supermarkets in particular often reveal a different picture. People sometimes squeeze through the narrow aisles. It is difficult to keep your distance, even if many grocery stores have already restricted … Read more
SOS Mitmensch calls for the refugee camps to be evacuated before there is a coronavirus outbreak. “Every day counts,” warns the human rights organization. SOS Mitmensch appeals to Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the entire federal government to accept people from the refugee camps in Greece. The camps must be evacuated before a coronavirus outbreak occurs … Read more
Quick home: Many German tourists had to go through border controls after their Italian vacation in Austria. Only those who assured in writing that they were only traveling through were allowed to continue. In Austria, the government’s emergency plan because of Corona virus towards extensive foreclosure Italy guided. Since Wednesday noon at the border crossings … Read more
The armed attack in Hanau, in which at least eleven people died, triggers grief and horror. Top politicians express their sympathy – in clear words. Eleven people are in Hessen on Wednesday evening Hanau shot, including the alleged gunman. The Attorney General took over the investigation on suspicion of an extreme right. Many politicians reacted … Read more
Like Austria, Germany is also a net payer in the EU. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz discusses the new EU financial framework with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday. The negotiations that Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) starts on Monday in Germany are not unimportant. It is about the EU financial framework – for the years 2021 to 2027. … Read more
WORLD ON SUNDAY: The coalition between the conservative ÖVP and the Greens is unique at federal level in the history of the EU and is considered outside of Austria as a test laboratory. Can it be a model for Europe? Sebastian Kurz: The political systems in Europe are so different that I would be careful … Read more
Dhe accidental insertion of subtitles of the telenovela “Alisa – Follow Your Heart” has turned scenes of the swearing in of the Austrian government into a grotesque in the ORF media library. The 33-year-old ÖVP boss Sebastian Kurz and Austria’s Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen stood side by side and underneath, for example – … Read more
Since the election evening in September, the signs in Austria have been black and green. Three months later, the ÖVP and the Greens say yes to each other. A role model for Germany? The conservative ÖVP and the Greens are in Austria agreed on a coalition agreement. This was confirmed to the dpa on Wednesday … Read more