Ştiri România – Doi români care au zburat cu Austrian Airlines au rămas fără bagaje. Cei doi tineri din Bucureşti încearcă de două săptămâni să își recupereze bagajele sau măcar să știe, oficial, dacă sunt declarate pierdute. Vacanţa cuplului de români în Palma de Mallorca s-a transformat într-un coşmar la final. În noaptea de 30 […]
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Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg stepping down
Alexander Schallenberg has announced he is resigning as chancellor of Austria, just two months after taking office. He said he would remain in the post until his party agrees a new leader in the wake of Sebastian Kurz’s departure. Just hours earlier, Schallenberg’s predecessor and People’s Party leader Kurz said he was leaving politics and […]
Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz quits politics
Sebastian Kurz, who served as Austria’s chancellor from 2017 to 2019, and then from 2020 to this autumn, has announced his departure from the world of politics. Speaking at a press conference in Vienna on Thursday, Kurz said he would officially step down as the chairman of the Austrian People’s Party on Friday, relieving himself […]
Austrian chancellor apologizes to vaccinated over ‘drastic’ lockdown
Austria’s chancellor has apologized to vaccinated citizens as the country once again descended into lockdown on Monday in an effort to tame a spiralling fourth wave of Covid-19 that threatens to overwhelm the healthcare system. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told public broadcaster ORF that he empathized with the millions of his countrymen and women who had been […]
Austrian hospitals to make the call on life & death during Covid
Clinics in the Austrian region of Salzburg have set up a special assessment team tasked with identifying Covid patients who have a higher chance of survival; the rest may soon have to take a back seat. Amid a dramatic spike in Covid cases, medical personnel warn they may soon have to make the heart-wrenching choice […]
Austrian Greens question chancellor’s ability to remain in office after he is placed under investigation for corruption, bribery
Austrian Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler of the Green Party has questioned the ability of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to remain in his position after the prosecutor announced the country’s leader would be put under investigation. In a statement on Thursday, Green Party chief Kogler said they could not go back to “business as usual” with their […]