In Pictures: European capitals hit by anti-COVID curbs protests
Protesters angry with coronavirus restrictions have staged rallies in a number of European cities, days after the Netherlands was rocked by anti-curfew riots. In Brussels, Belgian police on Sunday arrested many protesters at a non-authorised demonstration against measures aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19, including a nighttime curfew and the closing of bars and […]
Holocaust survivors get COVID vaccine on Auschwitz liberation day
Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia are getting the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, acknowledging their past suffering with a special tribute 76 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, where the Nazis killed more than one million Jews and others. More than 400 Austrian survivors, most in their 80s […]
Austria enters its third lockdown. Israel is set to follow suit.
Austria entered a third lockdown on Saturday, with all nonessential shops and schools to remain closed for three weeks and movement to be restricted, after the country eased restrictions in mid-December to allow for preparations ahead of the Christmas holiday. Until Jan. 24, people in Austria are only allowed to leave their homes for work, […]
Austria: Anger as Kurz blames minorities for spreading COVID-19
Austrian chancellor said people who spent summer in ‘countries of origin’ brought coronavirus back. Austria on Monday ended its second strict coronavirus lockdown and is applying softer measures, which will include entry restrictions in the coming weeks. Those rules are designed to limit travel into the country during the Christmas holiday period, conservative Chancellor Sebastian […]
Austria: Anti-Muslim rhetoric rises after Vienna attack #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
When Gözde Taşkaya remembers the November 2 attack in Vienna, it is the sense of panic that is so vivid. People running to the subway station, people falling to the ground, on broken glass, the sound of gunshots. As the attacker killed four people and injured 20 more, Taşkaya, a 32-year-old multimedia designer and her […]
Austria gov’t agrees to preventive detention, other measures #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Proposals include the ability to close mosques, strip citizenship and imprison those convicted of ‘terrorism’ for life. The government of Austria has agreed on a wide range of anti-terrorism measures in the wake of a deadly attack in the capital, Vienna, last week. The proposals include the ability to keep individuals convicted of “terror” offenses […]
Austria closes mosque, promises to shut more, in wake of attack #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
After an ISIL attacker killed four people in Vienna, authorities target mosques it believes threaten security. Austria will order the closure of mosques that it deems a threat to national security in the wake of a deadly shooting in the capital Vienna earlier this week, the Ministry of the Interior said on Friday. A ministry […]
German police raid homes of four men linked to Vienna attacker #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Police said the men are not suspected of involvement in Monday’s shooting, but had links to the attacker. German police have raided the homes and businesses of four men linked to the ISIL (ISIS) sympathiser who carried out a deadly attack in Vienna this week. Federal police on Friday said officers, including members of the […]
Vienna attack: The Muslim heroes who saved lives #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
On Monday evening, 23-year-old Osama Joda and his colleague left Schwedenplatz, a central Vienna square, and headed towards McDonald’s, where they worked. It was unusually warm in the Austrian capital on the eve of a second lockdown, and it was busy. People met in bars and restaurants before the new social distancing measures came into […]
Questions mount over Vienna gunman, a convicted ISIL sympathiser #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Austrian Macedonian national Kujtim Fejzulai, who killed four people, was released on probation in December. Questions were mounting in Austria on Wednesday about how a convicted ISIL (ISIS) sympathiser was able to carry out the deadly gun rampage in the heart of the capital Vienna. Investigators are trying to piece together more information about the […]
Turkey praises ‘two heroes’ who helped victims in Vienna attack #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The men’s actions draw praise from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu for saving the lives of two women and a police officer. Two Austrian men of Turkish descent said they helped save a police officer and two women during a deadly gun attack in Vienna, actions the Turkish government described as heroic. The men’s actions […]
‘No evidence of second attacker’ in Vienna shooting #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Austria’s interior minister says police arrested 14 people in connection with Monday’s attacks. Austrian police have arrested 14 people in raids linked to Monday’s deadly attack in Vienna and have found no evidence that a second shooter was involved, said Interior Minister Karl Nehammer. Nehammer said police believe the shooting in central Vienna was carried […]
In Pictures: Fourth victim dies from injuries after Vienna attack #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Austria’s top security official said that four people have died — including one assailant — and fifteen people were wounded in a shooting in the heart of Vienna late on Monday. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters on Tuesday that two men and a woman have died from their injuries. A suspected attacker, who was […]
World reacts with anger, solidarity after Vienna shootings #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Gunmen opened fire in six locations across central Vienna on Monday night, in an attack that left at least three dead – including one of the assailants – and some 15 people wounded. The motive for the shootings, which began near the Austrian capital’s main synagogue, was not clear, but Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described […]
Austria: Several people injured in Vienna shooting #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
DEVELOPING STORY Vienna’s police report ‘multiple’ injuries in the centre of the Austrian capital. Several people have been injured in central Vienna amid exchanges of fire, the city’s police department said. “Shots fired in the Inner City district – there are persons injured – KEEP AWAY from all public places or public transport,” read the […]
Austria expels Russian diplomat, Moscow calls move ‘damaging’
Austria is expelling a Russian diplomat for breaching the Vienna Convention governing diplomats’ privileges and immunities, according to an Austrian foreign ministry spokesman. “His behaviour is not in accordance with the Vienna Convention,” the foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, declining to elaborate. According to the Austrian Kronen Zeitung newspaper, the diplomat’s covert activities came […]