Kurtz

Austria's Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned on Saturday to save his coalition government from the brink of collapse, as the Greens' junior coalition partner put the request as the only possible condition for keeping the coalition after Kurz became the target of investigation on suspicion of corruption, reports Reuters.

Thousands of stores will reopen in Austria, which will become one of the first European countries today to ease the restrictions imposed by the new coronavirus, Reuters reported.

However, the Austrian government warned the citizens of the country that the danger had not yet passed.

Austria will begin to ease the strict measures to curb coronavirus infection after Easter, DPA reported.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a news conference that small retail outlets, building materials and gardening stores would be allowed to reopen on April 14th if they comply with strict hygiene standards.

"There is a triple network. The first is that the Greek government, unlike earlier, is determined to defend the external border of the EU.

The UK will not tolerate any European Union compliance requirements, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz during talks in London, a spokesman for the prime minister's office told RIA Novosti.

On the eve of the EU-Turkey Summit today in Varna, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for the suspension of any talks on Turkey's accession to the EU. "The accession conditions are not fulfilled and therefore the pre-accession talks must be ended with Turkey," Kurtz told the German edition of Die Welt.

As Caesar sits astride a horse rallying his legions to battle you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a Roman-era war epic -- except that the protagonist is a chimpanzee.

"War for the Planet of the Apes," the third installment of the rebooted simian sci-fi franchise, opens on July 14 to reviews lauding some of the most breathtaking visual effects ever seen in cinema.

Joksimovic: Support for opening first chapter by end of year

VIENNA -- Jadranka Joksimovic has said that Serbia has received strong support from Austria.