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We start the day of live news with you and give you a quick overview of the most important topics of the morning.
Ten other “orange” districts. At its meeting Thursday, the Crown Commission turned traffic lights to orange for ten other districts because they saw a high risk of infection there. It is notable that the Lower Austrian districts of Gmünd, Melk and Waidhofen an der Thaya have directly changed from green to orange. Furthermore, Krems Stadt, Wr. Neustadt Stadt, Gänserndorf, Korneuburg, Krems Land, Landeck and Schwaz orange. Vienna stayed orange. Red is not yet a district in all of Austria. More about this
What Sweden does differently. Sweden resigned from a lockdown in spring and is one of the few countries in Europe not heading for a second wave of infections. Kösal Baltaci answered whether Austria should have also taken the “Swedish route” [premium].
Rio Carnival is postponed. The Rio Carnival has been postponed indefinitely due to the crown. As the samba schools of the Brazilian metropolis decided, the traditional event in front of tens of thousands of spectators will not take place in February as planned. “There can be no carnival without security,” said the president of the independent samba association Leisa, Jorge Castanheira.
Fridays for Future proves again. The environmental movement Fridays for Future has again called for global demonstrations against “political inaction in the climate crisis” on Friday. In Austria, the focus should be especially on the upcoming Vienna elections, as announced in an announcement. A major “strike” is planned in Vienna, which has the support of Greenpeace, Global 2000, WWF and Amnesty International, among others. More about this
Morgenglosse. Competitive watchdogs want more competition in the taxi and rental car market. Your criticism sounds unusually sharp, hopefully it will come with time, says Christine Kary. [premium].
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