Month: November 2020

US Election: Biden is optimistic in speech

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In a speech announced at short notice, Joe Biden expressed optimism that he would emerge as the winner of the US presidential election. “I have a good feeling,” he said and appealed to his supporters to continue to believe in victory. He prepared them for the fact that the counting would take even longer. Biden’s statement was apparently intended to pre-empt Donald Trump’s unproven accusations of election fraud. Trump accused Biden immediately after his brief speech of trying to “steal the election”. This promptly earned Trump a warning from Twitter.…

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US Election 2020: Trump significantly better than expected – final result could be delayed

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US Election Result: 4 November 2020, 7.09 AM – European Time Challenger Biden is not performing as well as predicted in the polls. Florida goes to Trump, Arizona to Biden – Trump accuses Biden of trying to “steal” the election. The race for the office of US president turns out to be tighter than many polls have predicted. Neither incumbent Donald Trump nor challenger Joe Biden could surprise with overwhelming approval. Some polls had already predicted a landslide victory for Biden. So far, however, it appears that Trump is doing…

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Slovakia requires test before entry from November 15th

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Starting November 15, anyone wishing to enter Slovakia will have to prove a negative CoV test or take a quick test directly at the border. Health Minister Marek Krajci said this today in an interview with the TV news channel TA3. Contrary to what was previously announced, however, the regulation will not come into force until November 15. Until then, test stations are to be set up at all major border crossings, some smaller ones will be closed. Government sticks to second round of testingKrajci confirmed that the government is…

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COVID 19 Vaccine: 200 million euros for eight million people

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The Ministry of Health is currently developing a Covid 19 vaccination strategy. This was announced by Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) in the course of answering a question to the NEOS parliamentary group. A total budget of 200 million euros has been defined for the procurement of “Covid-19 vaccines for 8 million people in Austria”. In principle, it was determined that all persons living in Austria “can be vaccinated voluntarily”. The goal is to provide a sufficient quantity of vaccine for this number of people – “regardless of whether one or…

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Wreath-laying in the area of the crime scene

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Official representatives of the republic had already commemorated the victims of the terrorist attack by laying wreaths. Four victims and the assassin were killed in an attack on Monday evening. Several injured are still in critical condition. Federal President Van der Bellen spoke earlier of a “dark night that we have behind us”. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Wolfgang Sobotka laid wreaths on Vienna’s Schwedenplatz, the starting point of the terrorist attack. Also the club representatives of the parliamentary parties, the Mayor of Vienna Ludwig…

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Attack in Vienna: Mourning service in St. Stephen’s Cathedral

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A mourning service for the victims of the terrorist attack took place Tuesday evening in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn conducted the service, representatives of the other Christian churches in the country as well as of Islam and Judaism took part. On the political side, representatives included Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, President of the National Council Wolfgang Sobotka (both ÖVP) and Vienna’s Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ). The few mourners, among them several ministers, sat in the middle of the cathedral, on the…

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4182 new infections on the first lockdown day – Lower Austria not counted

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On Tuesday, the number of corona patients in hospital increased by almost 300. No numbers have been reported from Lower Austria so far. On the first day of the second corona lockdown, only preliminary Austrian figures were available from the authorities until Tuesday afternoon. Within 24 hours 4182 new infections were reported. However, the figures from Lower Austria were not included, as they could not yet be reported for technical reasons, according to the Ministry of Health. The majority of the cases concerned Upper Austria with 1,098 new infections, in…

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Schönborn: “Hate must not be the answer to this blind hatred.”

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Cardinal Christoph Schönborn addressed the population with an appeal not to respond to violence and hatred with panic or even new hatred. “To this blind hatred, hatred must not be an answer,” he said on Tuesday morning, November 3, 2020, in an ORF interview on Vienna’s Stephansplatz. “You will not get our hatred”“Hate only stirs up new hatred” – and this is just as much the wrong way to react to the terrible events of the night as to panic, “for he who panics is always in danger of carrying…

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Germany and Italy control at the border with Austria

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After the attack in Vienna, the German police controlled the German-Austrian border with increased vigilance. “Our forces have been sensitized accordingly,” a spokesman said in Potsdam today. The control of the border is now a “tactical focus”. The border officials paid close attention to whether there were any conspicuous features “from the appropriate spectrum”. After the terrorist attack in Vienna, Italy is also tightening security controls at the border crossings to Austria, starting with the Brenner Pass on the border between Tyrol and South Tyrol. The military of the Italian…

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