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A man crosses a road early morning after heavy snow fall in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A snowstorm brings Munich airport to a standstill and causes travel chaos in Germany

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Austria's Stefan Lainer controls the ball during the Euro 2020 soccer championship group C match between Netherlands and Austria at Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, June 17, 2021. Austria defender Stefan Lainer has made an emotional return to training with his club Borussia Moenchengladbach on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 four months after he was diagnosed with cancer. (Dean Mouhtaropoulous/Pool via AP, file)

Austria defender Stefan Lainer back in training after successful cancer treatment

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Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 2, 2021. Kurz has been charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into a scandal that brought down his first government, prosecutors said Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. An indictment against Kurz, his former chief of staff, Bernhard Bonelli, and another unidentified person was filed at the state court in Vienna, the prosecutors' office that investigates corruption cases said in a statement. The court said Kurz will go on trial on Oct. 18. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence to a corruption inquiry

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands takes a curve during the sprint race ahead of Sunday's Formula One Austrian Grand Prix auto race, at the Red Bull Ring racetrack, in Spielberg, Austria, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

F1 signs a 3-year contract extension to keep the Austrian GP until 2030

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A view of the annual Gay pride Rainbow Parade, in Vienna, Austria, on June 11, 2022. Austrian authorities said Sunday they had foiled a possible attack on Vienna's Pride parade by three young men who had allegedly sympathized with the extremist Islamic State group. The head of Austria's domestic intelligence service told reporters that the suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, were arrested before the start of the Saturday's Pride parade, which was attended by around 300,000 people, public broadcaster ORF reported.(AP Photo/Theresa Wey)

Austrians say they foiled possible attack on Vienna’s Pride parade by alleged IS sympathizers

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Then Austrian defense minister Hans Peter Doskozil reacts during a joint military exercise in Allensteig, Austria, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Austria’s main center-left opposition party has reversed the result of its weekend leadership election, announcing that a computer error originally led to the wrong candidate being declared the winner. At a hastily called news conference on Monday, the head of the party's electoral commission announced that it was in fact Andreas Babler and not Hans Peter Doskozil who won, taking 317 votes to Doskozil's 280, the Austria Press Agency reported. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Austrian party reverses leadership result after spreadsheet hiccup

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A view of the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. Austria’s parliament is due to vote on introducing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults, the first of its kind in Europe. The mandate would apply to all residents of Austria age 18 and over, with exemptions for pregnant women, individuals who for medical reasons can’t be vaccinated, and people who have recovered from a coronavirus infection in the past six months. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Austria’s 319-year-old Wiener Zeitung newspaper to be taken out of daily print circulation

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A man takes part in a demonstration against the country's coronavirus restrictions in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 20, 2021. Austria's parliament is due to vote Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, on plans to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the adult population, the first of its kind in Europe. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)

Austrian doctor dies by suicide after months of death threats over public support of COVID vaccine

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A vaccaintion pass is signed ad stamped after a person received the COVID-19 vaccination, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. The Austrian government said Wednesday, March 9, 2022 it is suspending the country's coronavirus vaccination mandate for most adults, arguing that there’s no need to implement it at present only a week before its enforcement was due to begin. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)

Austria suspends vaccine mandate before enforcement starts

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Kurt Switil, left, receives a Pfizer vaccination against the coronavirus in Vienna, April 10, 2021. Austria's parliament is due to vote Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, on plans to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the adult population, the first of its kind in Europe. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)

Austria to ease virus rules after vaccine mandate begins

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Travellers stand in front of an information board at BER Airport in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Germany’s incoming transport minister is advising people against traveling over Christmas as the country tries to stem a wave of coronavirus infections. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)

Netherlands ‘going into lockdown again’ to curb omicron

By Danica Kirka and Mike Corder - Associated Press

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine on the second day of a national lockdown to combat soaring coronavirus infections, in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 23, 2021. The government announced last month that it would implement a general vaccine mandate early next year, becoming the first European country to do so. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Austria to impose nationwide vaccine mandate, fine violators up to $4,000

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik during a Davis Cup quarter final match between Serbia and Kazakhstan at the Madrid Arena stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) **FILE**

Djokovic wins twice to lead Serbia to Davis Cup semifinals

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Austria sets out plan to reopen many sectors in mid-May

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Austrian health minister Rudolf Anschober announces his resignation due to health problems and overworking in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Anschober said that he couldn’t continue in the grueling job of helping lead the country’s coronavirus response because of persistent personal health problems. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Austria’s health minister resigns, saying he’s overworked

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Various initiatives and left-wing groups demonstrate against a demo of right-wing extremists and so-called &quot;Reichsbuerger&quot; in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, March 20, 2021. Right-wing extremists and &quot;Reich citizens&quot; are demonstrating around the Brandenburg Gate today. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

Germany: police clash with protesters against virus measures

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic, right, challenges for the ball with Leeds United's Ezgjan Alioski during the English Premier League soccer match between Leeds United and Chelsea at Elland Road stadium, in Leeds, England, Saturday, March 13, 2021.(Laurence Griffiths/Pool via AP)

Reynolds, Odunze receive US call-ups but not Hoppe

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From left, second placed, United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, winner, Austria's Katharina Liensberger and third placed, Switzerland's Wendy Holdenercelebrate, after the second run of a Women's slalom Alpine World Cup ski race in Are, Sweden, Saturday March 13, 2021. (Pontus Lundahl, TT via AP)

Liensberger ends Austrian 6-year wait for women’s slalom win

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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 file photo, frozen vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are taken out to thaw, at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium. The European Commission has secured an agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech for an extra 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to tackle a surge of coronavirus clusters that have prompted border restrictions. The doses are expected to be delivered before the end of March. The EU's executive arm is worried by the worsening situation in several areas, mainly due to the spread of new variants. It also does not want virus clusters to prompt more border restrictions. The EU has cited Tyrol in Austria, Nice and Moselle in France, Bolzano in Italy and some parts of Bavaria and Saxony in Germany as places where COVID-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Austria targets hard-hit area with shots to battle variant

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, visits a fitness gym with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, center, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, to observe how the &quot;Green Pass,&quot; for citizens vaccinated against COVID-19, is used, in Modi'in, Israel, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Frederiksen and Kurz are on a short visit to Israel for to pursue the possibilities for closer cooperation on COVID-19 and vaccines. (Avigail Uzi/Pool via AP)

Israel, Denmark and Austria join forces against COVID-19

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press