Category: Austrian News

Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz allegedly got into his position with the help of bribery. Prosecutors suspect that a newspaper published positive survey results for which taxpayers’ money flowed. The Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has ordered a search of the Austrian Chancellery, Finance Ministry and the headquarters of Sebastian Kurz’s ÖVP party. Prosecutors are investigating Kurz and some of his close associates on suspicion of embezzlement, bribery and corruption. Starting in 2016, the team around the 35-year-old head of government allegedly used taxpayer funds to buy positive coverage in a…

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Yesterday, the highest number of infections within 24 hours since April 10, 2021, was reported, with 2,693 new infections registered. From Wednesday to Thursday, 1,965 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also 11 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,072 so far. The number of active cases is up 385 to 20,570, with a seven-day incidence of 142.70. There are currently 851 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, down three from the previous day.…

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A draft Health Ministry regulation calls for the 3G rule to apply to all workers, owners and operators of stores who might encounter colleagues or customers at work, starting Oct. 15: They must be vaccinated, recovered or test negative for Corona. Workers would have to have the proof with them at the workplace at all times, according to the draft, which was made available to “ZiB 2.” 3G obligation for all employees with contact to customers or colleaguesIn the case of direct customer contact – with exceptions such as the…

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Almost 2,700 COVID 19 cases have been registered in the last 24 hours. The Corona situation in Austria remains tense, especially with regard to Corona patients in hospitals as well as intensive care units. On October 5, 872 patients were in hospitals and had to be medically treated, 232 of them were fighting for their lives in intensive care. And how does it look on Wednesday? According to “Heute” info, there have been a total of 2,693 new infections and twelve deaths across Austria in the last 24 hours. For…

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From Monday to Tuesday, 1,285 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of the past seven days (1,768). There are also 15 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,049 so far. The number of active cases is down by 423 to 19,503, with a seven-day incidence of 143.25. There are currently 872 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up 48 from the previous day. 232 patients are in an intensive care unit…

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From Sunday to Monday, 1,404 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of the past seven days (1,861). There are also eight new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,034 so far. The number of active cases is down by 392 to 20,316, with a seven-day incidence of 146.35. There are currently 824 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up four from the previous day. 220 patients are in intensive care – two…

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The eco-social tax reform is in place. For motorists, it will now be massively more expensive. On Sunday, the government fixed the eco-social tax reform. All the key points can be read here! With the reform, CO2 will be priced higher in the future. Furthermore, the middle income brackets will be relieved. Driving a car will become massively more expensive. A ton of CO2 will be given a specific price; according to the reform, Austria will pay 30 euros for it. This price will rise each year to 55 euros.…

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218 intensive care patients currently. Five new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. 2,445 new Corona cases have been officially registered in the past 24 hours. This brings the 7-day incidence to 145.32 infections per 100,000 population. There are a total of 20,708 active cases. In addition, five new Covid-related deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours. Follow-up reporting in ViennaIn Vienna, 1,062 cases have now been registered following a data glitch on Saturday, which meant that no new cases could be reported at all. Vienna is thus…

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On Saturday, the new infections are 1,416 people. Thereby, there were no current figures from Vienna due to technical problems. 11,021 people have died from the coronavirus.In Austria, 1,416 new infections with the coronavirus have been registered in the past 24 hours. However, this figure from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior (as of Saturday, 9:30 a.m.) should be viewed with great caution, because the figures from Vienna are missing. The Ministry of Health claimed technical problems, which is why the figures from the federal capital…

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