Euro 2020: Austria 3-1 North Macedonia – Supersubs Michael Gregoritsch and Marko Arnautovic earn win

Austria open Euro 2020 with a 3-1 win over minnows North Macedonia as Marko Arnautovic seals victory after Goran Pandev had pounced on defensive blunder to equalise By Sportsmail Reporter Published: 15:00 BST, 13 June 2021 | Updated: 19:00 BST, 13 June 2021 Late goals from substitutes Michael Gregoritsch and Marko Arnautovic gave Austria a … Read more

Man fined £425 for ‘provocatively farting at police officers’ in Austria has fine reduced to £85

Man fined £425 for ‘provocatively farting at police officers’ in Austria has fine reduced to £85 on appeal The culprit was fined for ‘offending public decency’ after breaking wind at police He argued the fine saying his flatulence was protected by freedom of expression A judge concluded he had only ‘average’ culpability for the offence … Read more

Austria SUSPENDS jabs with batch of Astra-Zeneca vaccine after one person died and another fell ill

Austria has suspended vaccinations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus jabs as a precaution following the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots. A 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while another 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism, an acute lung disease caused by a dislodged blood … Read more

Europe Covid: Austria and Denmark to make vaccines with Israel

Austria and Denmark will produce new Covid vaccines without help from the EU after the bloc’s jab roll-out descended into a slow-paced shambles.  Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s prime minister, and Danish leader Mette Frederiksen announced today that they will travel to Israel to discuss development of a second generation of coronavirus vaccines with health authorities there. Israel … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

British tourists on skiing holiday in Austria are among 96 foreigners put into mandatory quarantine

British tourists are among 96 foreigners to have been put into mandatory quarantine by Austrian police after they were caught breaching Covid-19 restrictions by going on a skiing holiday. Each person could face a fine of up to €2,180 (£1,921) if they are found to have used loopholes to stay at the St Anton am Arlberg … Read more

How a British couple took in a family of Jews from Austria during the Second World War

The letter to Gladys Jones arrived without fanfare – and probably without much hope of a reply. It had been sent by a family she’d met just once on a Danube riverboat in Vienna five years earlier.  A little boy’s shoe had threatened to muddy her skirt as he’d knelt up to get a better … Read more

Austria will offer coronavirus tests to its entire population as country prepares for third lockdown

Austria will offer coronavirus tests to its entire 8.8 million population, with those testing negative receiving ‘more freedoms’ as the country prepares for third lockdown. The European country will go into coronavirus lockdown for a third time after Christmas, the government confirmed on Friday, just 11 days after the country’s second lockdown ended. Austria’s lockdown … Read more

Rebel Wilson hits the slopes in Austria and has a Sound of Music moment

The hills are alive! Rebel Wilson hits the slopes in Austria and has a Sound of Music moment as she flaunts her 18kg weight loss By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:45 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 12:47 GMT, 26 November 2020 Rebel Wilson continues to enjoy her Austrian getaway. And on Thursday, … Read more

Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma marries Archduchess Gabriella of Austria

The young Archduchess of Austria has married Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma in a glamorous ceremony at a fairytale castle in the country. Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Joséphine-Charlotte, 26, whose full title is Archduchess of Austria,  tied the knot with Prince Henri, 28, at the Tratzberg castle in Jenbach, Austria on Saturday. The bride  wore an elegant white lace … Read more