Austria's response to the latest surge is part of a wider swath of restrictions sweeping Europe. The country's lockdown was prompted by a sharp COVID surge, more extreme than some other places in ...

Austria's Federal Government has announced a full lockdown regardless of vaccination status starting this coming Monday amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases.

The Government of Upper Austria plans to impose a full lockdown on the region's unvaccinated as of next Monday, despite doubts that this is the right approach at the growing number of COVID-19 ...

Austria is moving from a night curfew and partial shutdown to a second national lockdown that will be in place for at least two and a half weeks. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has urged Austrians not ...

VIENNA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Austria's president sought on Thursday to find a path towards a centrist ruling coalition without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after the FPO's bid to lead a ...

Austria has one of the lowest vaccination rates in western Europe Carina, a yoga teacher in Vienna, is not vaccinated against Covid-19 and wants to remain that way. So she is now under lockdown ...

Ever since Herbert Kickl's far-right Freedom Party edged a win in September's legislative elections with 29% of the vote, Austria's centrist politicians have tried to block Kickl from becoming ...

Arthur Graham Fisher as ambassador to Austria and Lou Rinaldi as ambassador to Uruguay. All of those picks need to lock down Senate confirmation before they can officially become ambassador.