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Austria will require masks, COVID-19 passes for ski lifts

September 20, 20211101 Views

Austria will require protective face masks and COVID-19 passes for the use of ski lifts this winter as it tries to attract foreign skiers for the first time in two years and also prevent coronavirus outbreaks. The conservative-led government outlined the rules for the coming season at a news conference that underlined the importance of reviving tourism, which directly contributes about 5% of economic output in Austria. FILE PHOTO: Skiers practise COVID-19 social distancing on a chairlift in Flachau, Austria January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger The new rules stop short of requiring all skiers to be vaccinated and left many details unclear even though public frustration over confusing coronavirus rules has grown. "This year there will definitely be winter holidays in Austri...

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Europeans savour croissants and beers as cafes reopen

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May 19, 2021922 Views

For Parisian Elie Ayache, the world felt a little more normal on Wednesday: he was back at his favourite cafe, drinking his morning coffee and eating a croissant. Cafes, restaurants and beer gardens in France and Austria resumed serving customers on the premises, bringing to an end long shutdowns mandated by their governments to try to contain the spread of COVID-19. "I was impatient to get back to my life, and to the person that I was before," said Ayache as he sat at the terrace outside Les Deux Magots, a cafe that was once a hangout for Ernest Hemingway and other literary celebrities. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Tourism Minister Elisabeth Koestinger sit in a beer garden as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions continue to ease, in Vienna, Austria May 19, 2...

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Germany wants ski resorts closed but Austria won’t agree

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November 26, 2020763 Views

Germany wants Alpine countries to keep ski resorts closed to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, but reaching an agreement with neighbouring Austria is proving difficult, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. “The ski season is approaching. We will be trying to coordinate in Europe whether we could close all ski resorts,” Merkel told parliament, adding that this might not be possible given resistance from Austria, but Germany would try again. In the first wave of the coronavirus at the start of the year, many Germans were infected at the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl. Germany last month issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Interestingly, in September this year a consumer rights group had taken a legal action against the Austr...

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Germany warns against travel to ski regions in Austria, Switzerland, Italy

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October 22, 2020531 Views

Germany has issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria, Italy and Switzerland, scrambling to contain the spread of the coronavirus as new infection numbers rose above 10,000 a day for the first time. While infection rates in Germany are lower than in much of Europe, they have been accelerating, and the daily number of confirmed cases last rose by 11,287 to 392,049. Germany’s death toll stands at 9,905. Tourists skiing in Swiss Alps during normal times. FILE PHOTO “The situation has become very serious overall,” Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases, said. “We still have a chance to slow the spread of the pandemic,” he said. But he said people must stick to the rules and that Germany must prepare for an uncontrolled spread...

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डेन्यूब किनारे रुकें सीवर पाइप में

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September 2, 20201006 Views

ठहरने-घूमने की अजीबोगरीब जगहों की कड़ी में इस बार हम जिस जगह का जिक्र कर रहे हैं, वह वाकई कुछ ज्यादा ही अजीब है। उसक बारे में जानकर कुछ लोग नाक-भौं भी सिकोड़ सकते हैं। आखिर, जिराफ के घर से लेकर कंदराओं और समुद्र की गहराइयों के बाद अगर हम आपसे एक मोटी सी सीवर पाइपलाइन में रुकने को कहें तो अजीब लगेगा ही। आप ये भी कह सकते हैं कि- यह भी कोई रुकने की जगह हुई? लेकिन जनाब, यह वाकई रुकने की जगह है। यूरोप में ऑस्ट्रिया के लिंज शहर के निकट ओतेशेम में डेन्यूब नदी के किनारे स्थित दास पार्क होटल पुराने सीवर पाइपों में है। निश्चिंत रहें, इन पाइपों का इस्तेमाल अब सीवर के लिए नहीं होता। लेकिन ये वाकई एक जमाने के सीवर पाइप हैं जो अब कमरों की शक्ल ले चुके हैं। चूंकि छोटे-छोटे पाइप हैं, इसलिए बड़ी होटलों के शानदार स्वीट की सहूलियतें तो यहां नहीं मिल पाएंगी। लेकिन ये रुकने की बुनियादी जरूरतें जरूर पूर...