We start your news day with you and give you a quick overview of the morning’s most important topics.
Refugee crisis: The return of border barriers in Europe: Rome reacts nervously to Vienna’s announcement that it will control Brenner. The Italian Minister of the Interior, Salvini, even announced legal action. More on that. But the abolition of Schengen has been the rule for a long time, Susanna Bastaroli and Anna Gabriel explain in detail in this text.
Foreign Minister Schallenberg for reform of the UN Security Council: Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) accused the United Nations Security Council of being “incapable of action” on Wednesday night in New York. This was demonstrated “once again by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,” Schallenberg said, according to the text of the speech at a UN panel debate on Russia’s war of aggression. “The time when five states had the power to decide for all of us is long gone,” he said. “The time for reform has come.” Our US correspondent, Elisabeth Postl, analyzed the appearances of Schallenberg and Federal President van der Bellen in New York.
The dangerous alliance of autocrats in the South Caucasus: Violence and the politics of great powers decide the fate of the people there. The victims are the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. Western politics knows nothing about the law of the strongest, which Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia are applying here, writes Jutta Sommerbauer in this morning’s edition. More on that. Listening tip: On today’s podcast, international law expert Ralph Janik is a guest on the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. More on that.
Poland no longer wants to supply weapons to Ukraine: During the night, the news caused an uproar that the Polish Prime Minister no longer wanted to supply weapons to Ukraine because of the grain import dispute. It’s election time in Poland. In our Ukraine live report, we keep you updated on everything Ukraine. More on that.
Start of the Europa League group stage for Lask and Sturm: Everything is ready in Linz for the special appearance of the great Liverpool FC. A packed house and emerging domestic form gives Lask hope for the start of the Europa League on Thursday night (6.45pm/live ServusTV, Sky). At 9pm Sturm Graz begins the group stage against Sporting Lisboa (ORF1). FC Salzburg put in a dream Champions League performance against Benfica Lisbon last night. More on that.
Royal visit to France: British King Charles III. and Queen Camilla continue their visit to France. The British king is retracing his visit to France. He and French President Macron are trying to calm tensions between the two countries. More on that.
Update against Corona? The Austrian Association of Vaccine Manufacturers (ÖVIH) today provides information about the “Boosting Gemma: Keeping Covid-19 at bay” campaign and provides updates on vaccines and vaccinations. On this topic, we recommend today’s editorial by Köksal Baltaci “Corona, flu, RSV: This rule should definitely be applied in winter”
What else is on the calendar today? State Secretary Florian Turky (ÖVP) presents a “new package of AI measures” from the government. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China. In the economy, Valneva’s results expire today. The Austro-French pharmaceutical company today announces its figures for the first half of the year. In Great Britain, the Bank of England (BoE) announces its next interest rate decision. In fact, the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, it was said on Wednesday night. More on that. Today is International Day of Peace and World Alzheimer’s Day.