Day: August 14, 2020

On Thursday afternoon US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Vienna. On Friday he will meet Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Secretary of State Schallenberg. As part of his tour of Central Europe, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat on Thursday. The top US politician came from Slovenia, and this is his third stop. His packed programme on Friday includes top Austrian representatives, the head of the IAEA and his Greek counterpart. Pompeo, who did not attend any media appointments…

Due to the rising number of infections among people returning from Croatia or an increase in the country itself, Austria is again issuing travel warning to Croatia. The travel warning comes into force at midnight from Sunday to Monday, as the Foreign Ministry informed the APA on Friday. Vacationers who are currently in Croatia are urgently called upon to return home. Further details are currently being coordinated with the Ministry of Health, according to the Foreign Office. Worldwide, at least the travel advice of level 4 (“high security risk”) continues…

The US Democratic presidential candidate designate, Joe Biden, has called for a nationwide masking requirement in the coronavirus crisis. From now on, every single American should wear a mouth and nose protector in public, at least for the next three months, Biden said yesterday in Wilmington (Delaware).He and his deputy candidate Kamala Harris had previously been briefed by experts on the coronavirus pandemic. “Every governor should make it mandatory for people to wear a mask,” Biden demanded. Experts estimate that this could save at least 40,000 lives in the next…

South Korea reports 103 new coronavirus infections. In 85 of these cases, South Korean people have been infected, the authorities announced today. This is the highest number of local transmissions since the end of March. In total, South Korea now has 14,873 confirmed infections and 305 deaths

According to a government representative, the leadership of Belarus will release all demonstrators who were arrested during protests this week today. Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Barsukov told journalists in Minsk. The protests had been sparked by the controversial re-election of authoritarian long-term president Alexander Lukashenko. At least two demonstrators were killed, thousands were taken into custody. The opposition once again accuses Lukashenko of electoral fraud, and in the West, too, there are massive doubts about the official election results. A special meeting of EU foreign ministers is scheduled today to…