US Secretary of State Pompeo lands in Vienna

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…

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Austria issues travel warning for Croatia

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…

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Viennese fire brigade in continuous operation due to storms

Heavy storms have hit Vienna yesterday. The Viennese professional fire brigade had been on continuous duty since 17:30 hrs and had to complete about 100 operations since then due to the heavy rain. Since 18.00 o’clock there has been increased alert. Lukas Schauer, spokesman of the fire brigade, informed the APA that the operations were due to fallen trees, broken branches, flooded cellars or water ingresses into apartments. Initially, there was no information about people who had been injured. — hector pascua/agencies

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Biden calls for nationwide compulsory masks

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…

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Belarus promises release of all demonstrators

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…

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Postal vote dispute paralyzes US negotiations on CoV aid

13 August 2020 – A dispute is raging in the US Congress over financial aid for the Post Office, which is directly linked to the presidential election and is paralysing negotiations on coronavirus aid. President Donald Trump told Fox yesterday that his Republicans rejected the Democrats’ demand for additional money for the Post Office. The Democrats accuse Trump of deliberately betting that the already ill-positioned company will run into big problems in the expected rush of mail votes for the November election. Voting by mailPostal voting is particularly important this…

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155 new infections again: Will measures be tightened?

Vienna, 13.08.2020 –  155 new infections with the coronavirus within 24 hours in Austria (as of 9.30 a.m.) were reported by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health on Thursday. There was a slight decrease in the number of persons treated in hospital as well as in the number of intensive care patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: 114, of which 22 intensive care cases after 118 with 25 intensive care cases on Wednesday. However, the number of deaths related to Covid-19 increased by one person and is now…

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MASSIVE PRICE INCREASE: Netflix raises subscription price in Austria

Austrian customers of the video streaming provider have to dig much deeper into their pockets. While Netflix in Germany (due to the reduction in VAT) has recently reduced its prices until the end of the year, the situation is different in Austria. Here customers have to dig deeper into their pockets with the video streaming market leader. Of the three available subscription variants, two will become more expensive. Increase of up to 24 Euro per yearInstead of the previous 11.99 euros per month, 12.99 euros per month must now be…

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