Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days, both as chancellor and party leader, after talks about forming a coalition government collapsed. The chancellor said his party – the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) – and the
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced that Covid vaccination would become mandatory in Austria from Feb. 1. On Thursday, Austria recorded 15,145 new cases of Covid-19, setting a new record high for daily positive tests. Austrian police officers check a man’s identity
Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said on Sunday. Europe has become the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic
As the number of cases of Covid-19 hit new record highs, governments in Europe and elsewhere are beginning to put targeted limits on the movements of the unvaccinated. Are these measures justified or do they unfairly restrict people’s freedom of movement? Austria is