This Tuesday marks 85 years since the mysterious death of Matthias Sindelar, known as ‘the Mozart of soccer’a legendary Austrian attacker of the 1920s and 1930s, famous for his elegance on the field and, according to legend, for his resistance to the regime Nazi. On January 23, 1939, Sindelar, shortly before his 36th birthday, was […]
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Hitler’s house symbol of Austria’s problems in confronting its Nazi past
The history of the birth house of hitler as a symbol that Austria has not confronted its Nazi past is the focus of a documentary in which the Austrian filmmaker Günter Schwaiger denounces that the final use that will be given to the building after years of debate, a police station, fulfills the dictator’s wish. […]
Portugal beats Bosnia and remains invincible in the Euro qualifiers
This Saturday, the selection of Portugal received the Bosnia and Herzegovina for the third round of Group J of the Euro Qualifiers and won by 3 to 0. Bernardo Silva was the author of the first Portuguese goal in the final stretch of the first half and Bruno Fernandes closed the account with two goals […]
Russia continues to persecute Chechens in Europe, 20 years after the war
Its capital, Grozny, suffered the same fate as the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, leveled by Russian bombs. Twenty years later, Chechen refugees in Europe they continue to live in fear of Russia. Tens of thousands have fled Russia’s small Muslim-majority republic after two bloody wars. The last one, started by Vladimir Putin in 1999, led […]
Austria and Sweden, the two models that Russia proposes for Ukraine
Austria and Sweden are two countries that do not belong to NATO and whose neutral status Russia cited as an example to apply in Ukraine although, since the Russian invasion, both are questioning the viability of the model. The Ukrainian government, for its part, rejected the proposal, asking for “absolute security guarantees” against Russia. Austria […]
Slowly, coronavirus infections rise again in Europe
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Slowly and silently, the pandemic overshadowed by the invasion of Ukraine and other events in international politics, coronavirus infections are rising again in many European countries, although in most they are cases that do not correspond to a increase in hospitalizations. On Germany For the first time, 1,600 new infections per hundred thousand inhabitants have […]
Vaccination against COVID will be compulsory in Austria from the age of 18 from February 1
The Austrian Government announced this Sunday that as of February 1, the mandatory coronavirus vaccine will be applied to all residents over 18 years of age, that is, for about 7.4 of the 8.9 million inhabitants of the Central European country. After an initial phase of transition and information, the Austrian police will start on […]
Austria recommends the third dose of the vaccine from the age of twelve
Updated 12/14/2021 12:07 pm The Austrian Government announced today that the use of the booster dose against COVID-19 will also be recommended for those over twelve years of age, while tomorrow the special doses of Biontech / Pfizer will be used for children from five . The Minister of Health, the environmentalist Wolfgang Mückstein, explained […]
Austria will fine up to US $ 4,700 to those over 14 who do not get vaccinated
Those over 14 years old residing in Austria will be obliged from next February to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with fines of up to 3,600 euros (about US $ 4,070) for those who do not do so, the Austrian government reported today in Vienna. The conservative-ecologist executive justified this measure as the only option to […]
Austria faces protests after vaccine mandate
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Thousands of people arrived in Vienna on Saturday to protest Austria’s latest measures against COVID-19, including a nationwide lockdown and vaccination mandate. Austria’s national intelligence service warned on Friday that protesters could attempt to enter hospitals after calls to the “action”On anti-vaccine social media groups, Krone reported, citing the Interior Ministry. Police increased their presence […]