News Archive for February 2021

Here you can find articles published in February 2021. Return to full archive here

01 February
- Hairdressers, schools and shops? What to expect from Austria’s lockdown announcement
- Austria recommends AstraZeneca vaccine for under-65s only
- Four killed in Austrian avalanches
- Vienna coronavirus protesters 'tried to storm and occupy Austrian Parliament'
- 'Costs and hurdles': How Brexit is already hurting Austria-UK trade
- What is Austria's e-card and what do you need to know about it?
- Everything that changes in Austria in February 2021
- Austria to relax coronavirus lockdown measures
02 February
- Austria to hike fines for not wearing face masks
- EXPLAINED: What is Austria’s compulsory testing requirement for visiting hairdressers?
- EXPLAINED: What are Austria's current coronavirus lockdown rules?
- EU launches 'vaccine tracker' and shifts strategy away from AstraZeneca
- Austria to crack down on ski tourists evading lockdown
- Vienna funeral services 'forgot' body for two months
03 February
- Explained: How has Austria's coronavirus quarantine been tightened?
- Austrian rapper arrested over neo-Nazi songs
- How students have made Vienna's empty cafes a study haven
- Austria's economy sees biggest slump in European Union
- Austria's vaccination scheme to be delayed due to 'supply problems'
- Austria's draft anti-terror law provokes sharp criticism
04 February
- Travel: When will Brits be allowed to travel to Austria again?
- Austria considers statewide quarantine for Tyrol over variant outbreak
- Could Austria's digital 'Covid passport' idea restart summer travel?
05 February
- Austria: Vienna's 'coronavirus traffic light' downgraded to orange
- Austria makes free coronavirus tests available at Austrian pharmacies
- EXPLAINED: How to pay Austria's TV and radio fee, or (legally) avoid it
06 February
- 'It's a grieving process': The difficulties of moving home from Europe
- Portugal considers transfer of Covid patients to Austria
07 February
- Austria open to making Russian Covid-19 vaccine
- Coronavirus: Austria increases checks along border
08 February
- Border restrictions tighten as Austria loosens lockdown
- These 400 Austrian pharmacies offer free coronavirus testing
- Will Austria impose a statewide isolation order on Tyrol?
- Queues for tests, shops and hairdressers: How Austria reacted to the lockdown relaxation
- Austria issues travel warning for Tyrol due to coronavirus mutation
09 February
- Vienna proposes 'weekend coronavirus lockdowns'
- 'Austria is acting irresponsibly': Germany considers border closures with neighbour
- Austria imposes statewide isolation order in Tyrol due to coronavirus variant
10 February
- How Britons can move to Austria to live and work post-Brexit
- South African coronavirus variant detected in second Austrian state
- Austria: How much you'll be fined for leaving Tyrol without a test
- Weekend lockdowns: What you need to know about Vienna’s landmark proposal
- COMPARE: How are countries across Europe faring in the battle against Covid-19?
11 February
- Austria orders another six million vaccine doses
- Austria: Vienna to open two more testing centres this week
- How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted Austria's job market?
- 'Absolute scandal': Austria told to reform security agencies after Vienna attack
- UPDATE: Germany to close borders with Austria's Tyrol and Czech regions
12 February
- Fears grow as coronavirus mutations now dominant in some parts of Austria
- Austrian minister's home raided in casino corruption probe
- Could Austria’s Stop Corona app be used as a vaccine passport?
- EXPLAINED: Why has Austria locked down the state of Tyrol?
- How European countries could use Covid-sniffing dogs to reduce infections
- 'Siberian cold': Austria's icy spell to continue with double-digit minus temperatures this weekend
- Austrian scientists: Vaccination prevents coronavirus transmission
13 February
- How European countries have changed after a year of coronavirus crisis
14 February
- Germany imposes controls on Czech and Austrian borders
15 February
- Austrian politicians slam Germany's new border measures
- Austria: How did the South African coronavirus mutation come to Tyrol?
- Austria likely to extend lockdown: reports
- Austria: Tyrol vows to keep ski slopes open despite coronavirus mutation
- Austria to roll out free home coronavirus testing from March
- Austria: What are the rules for crossing into Germany?
- Covid-19: New Austrian border rules block lorry traffic from Italy
16 February
- How much money do people earn in Austria - and which jobs are the best paid?
- UPDATED: Germany set to extend border closure with Tyrol until March
- Families of Vienna terror attack victims sue Austrian government
- Austrian lockdown: Bars, restaurants and sports facilities to remain closed until April
17 February
- Sticky affair: 'Mayor' doughnuts satirise Austria's vaccination scandal
- Brexit: Why some Brits in Austria are losing benefit payments
- Austria: Mobility declines after Tyrol travel ban
- Will Austria really be able to vaccinate one million people by Easter?
- Austria extends furlough scheme until end of June
18 February
- Austrian officials fire back after Kurz criticism
- Austria: Ischgl residents show long-term coronavirus immunity
- UPDATED: FFP2 masks now required in some outdoor areas in Austria
- EU agrees list of accepted Covid rapid antigen tests and says results should be in English
19 February
- Will testing allow bars and restaurants to open again in Austria from March?
- Austria: Bankruptcies fall despite coronavirus pandemic
- How Austrian brothels want to open with corona testing
- 'Entry tests': What is Austria’s testing plan to allow bars and restaurants to open?
20 February
- Austria marks one year of the coronavirus pandemic
21 February
- Meet the former refugee in Austria who saved the shelter he once lived in
22 February
- Vienna introduces coronavirus testing for people without health insurance
- Austria: Tyrol's statewide isolation order extended until March
- Will testing allow amateur sports to kick off again in Austria?
- Why coronavirus infections are again on the rise in Austria
- Coronavirus: Why are FFP2 masks now required in some outside areas in Austria?
- How Austria plans to test its way out of lockdown
23 February
- 'Three million tests a week': Has Austria got the right Covid strategy?
- Where have housing prices risen in Austria during the pandemic?
- Is Austria’s vaccination strategy failing foreigners?
- IN PICTURES: Inside Austria’s Europe-wide 'night train of the future'
24 February
- Austria set to approve AstraZeneca vaccine for over 65s
- EU tells Germany to lift Covid-19 border restrictions
- The new German words that perfectly describe the coronavirus pandemic
- Austria to decide on privileges for vaccinated people in April
- Austrian village sealed off due to coronavirus mutation cluster
- Will Austria prioritise vaccinations in the state of Tyrol as mutations continue to spread?
25 February
- British coronavirus mutation now dominant in Vienna
- Austrian Chancellor Kurz to push for Europe-wide vaccination passport
26 February
- Rising infection rates put Austria's restaurant openings at risk
- MAPS: Where are Austria's coronavirus hotspots?
- Austria to investigate ‘flood of complaints’ against parcel delivery companies
- Austria in negotiations to import Russian coronavirus vaccine
- Austrian scientists warn warm weather may not slow coronavirus spread
- Lockdown measures: What will Austria decide on Monday?