Austria

Salzburg is one of the most important tourist magnets in Austria, and also one of the most beautiful ones. One person is omnipresent. There is no escaping Mozart down there.

Austria, one of Germany's nine neighbors, is pulling the emergency brake. In the small republic, the Omicron wave has led to astronomically high infection…

In Vienna, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced his resignation on Saturday. The pressure had increased when even his coalition partner, the Greens, turned away…

When the Robert Koch Institute released its daily infection numbers this morning, there was a surprise. Both the number of new Coronavirus infections and that of related deaths were comparatively low.

In Munich, First Minister Markus Söder announced tightened anti-Corona measures on Sunday. He also said Bavaria would declare a disaster situation because of…

After a terror act in Vienna's city center, Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer announced three people had been killed and many injured. That number…

In Vienna, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced a lockdown and a 'visit ban' that are supposed to get the Corona infection numbers down. The measures will be put in place on Tuesday.

Germany has declared several European regions and cities high risk areas because of the alarming number of Corona infections there. Amsterdam, Budapest and…

Austria temporarily shut down all train traffic from Italy because of a Coronavirus alarm on a train that had left Venice for Munich. It turned out to be a…

The Austrian conservatives of former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz' party ÖVP and the Greens successfully ended their negotiations for a government coalition they intend to form, German-language media reported. Soon, Germany might choose the same approach.