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Nature

France opens Europe's first retirement home for elephants

52-year-old Asian elephant Gandhi is the first resident of a unique sanctuary.

25/11/2021

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Austria vaccination rate jumps as lockdown starts

Austria's largest vaccine centre has seen a surge in vaccinations since the announcement of another lockdown and a nationwide vaccine mandate.

23/11/2021

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Austria back in full national lockdown to battle coronavirus surge

Austria has gone into a nationwide lockdown as it battles a surge in coronavirus infections.

22/11/2021

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Mass protests against lockdown and vaccines in Prague, Rome, Amsterdam

The far-right opposition Freedom Party was among those who have called for the protest

20/11/2021

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Austria first in EU to fully lock down and make vaccination mandatory

Last Monday, Vienna announced a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated. That has now been extended to everyone.

19/11/2021

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Austrian MPs vote to lift Kurz's immunity in corruption trial

MPs voted to lift ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz's parliamentary immunity.

18/11/2021

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COVID-19: Austria begins nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people

The government ordered the move due to protect the health service, saying the COVID-19 incidence rate among Austria's unvaccinated is much higher than among those who have received the jab.

14/11/2021

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Vienna to begin vaccinating young children against COVID-19

Kids aged 5 to 11 in Vienna, Austria will be able to receive a dose of a Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Monday, the city said.

13/11/2021

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Austrian leader says lockdown for the unvaccinated is likely

On Monday, new rules took effect barring unvaccinated people who haven't recovered from an infection from restaurants, hotels, hairdressing salons and large public events.

12/11/2021

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New memorial in Vienna commemorates Jewish victims of Nazism

The memorial was unveiled on Tuesday, exactly 83 years after Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass").

09/11/2021

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Austria's climate minister takes train to COP26 to reduce emissions

Austria's climate minister Leonore Gewessler opted to travel for two-days via train to the UN climate conference in Glasgow.

09/11/2021

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Austria introduces tougher COVID-19 measures for the unvaccinated

On Saturday, Austria registered a record high of 10,000 new infections. The country has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Western Europe, with only 63% of people vaccinated.

08/11/2021

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Vienna pays tribute to victims on anniversary of terrorist attack

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said at the ceremony that terrorism "must not succeed in dividing us".

02/11/2021

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Unvaccinated could face new lockdown in Austria, chancellor warns

“The pandemic is not yet in the rear view mirror,” Schallenberg said. “We are about to stumble into a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”

23/10/2021

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Austria: Manhunt underway for driver of van holding two dead migrants

Police are searching for the driver of a van in Austria which was found to contain nearly 30 people crammed into a small space, two of whom had died.

20/10/2021

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Cross-border medical centre set up for Austrian and Czech patients

Where the iron curtain once prevailed, doctors and interpreters now care for patients from both Austria and the Czech Republic.

17/10/2021

Moments

Fed up of Facebook's censorship, Vienna sends nudes to OnlyFans

In a world first, the Austrian galleries are now exhibiting their nude artworks on the platform better known for porn.

15/10/2021

Lifestyle

Poo found in an Austrian mine shows we ate blue cheese 2,700 years ago

Having analysed the DNA in the preserved excrement, scientists were surprised to find Europeans were making blue cheese nearly 3,000 years ago.

14/10/2021

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Alexander Schallenberg replaces Kurz as Austria's new chancellor

Sebastian Kurz resigned on Saturday amid a corruption scandal. He has denied any wrongdoing.

11/10/2021

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Austrian Chancellor Kurz announces resignation over corruption claims

Opposition leaders had called for Kurz to go and planned to bring a no-confidence motion against him to parliament on Tuesday.

09/10/2021

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Austrian leader Kurz battles to stay on amid bribery allegations

Sebastian Kurz received the backing of his conservative party but the Greens, a junior partner in the coalition, have questioned his ability to stay on the job.

08/10/2021

Moments

Watch as runners race down the world’s most notorious ski slope

The Descent is a 350 metre race down the world’s toughest ski slope in the beautiful Austrian Alps.

07/10/2021

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Austria leader allegedly used public cash for positive media coverage

Prosecutors confirmed earlier they are investigating Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and nine others in a bribery probe.

06/10/2021

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'More than surprising': Communists win local election in Austria

Communist candidate Elke Kahr told reporters that the magnitude of the municipal election result was "more than surprising".

27/09/2021

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Trial starts over 'super-spreader' COVID outbreak at Austrian ski town

The case is the first of 15 lawsuits filed by plaintiffs from Austria and Germany, accusing the authorities of not responding quickly enough to COVID-19 outbreaks in Ischgl and other resorts in the province of Tyrol.

17/09/2021

Destinations

What do you do with a ski resort when there's no snow?

When climate change cut the ski season short and visitor numbers dwindled, this tiny Austrian town turned its attention to making the most of the summer.

16/09/2021