We start the news day with you and give you a quick overview of the most important topics of the morning.
Corona tests in Austria’s schools end: The last mandatory PCR tests will take place in the schools this week – on different days depending on the federal state. After Pentecost, antigen tests will only be used if necessary, but further testing can be carried out in Vienna on a voluntary basis. More on this.
Missing plane found: The wreck of the Tara Air passenger plane, which disappeared from radar in Nepal, has been discovered and a search team is on its way. The fate of the 22 inmates is still unclear. More on this.
Defending Ukraine “to the last man”: For the first time since the beginning of the war, head of state Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the east of the country. What he saw in Kharkiv, he wants today – via video stream – at the EUreport from the Brussels summit. Meanwhile, the EU Commission is presenting a new proposal for a European oil embargo once morest Russia. The current events in Live report.
Erdogan enters the “culture war”: A year before the parliamentary and presidential elections, the Turkish governing party AKP is in a riot, and not only in Nato-Fight. “Press” correspondent Susanne Gusten detects a veritable wave of censorship once morest cultural events. More on this. [premium]
103-year-old sets world record: Rut Larsson is now the world’s oldest tandem skydiver – on Sunday she broke the age record by 78 days. After landing, however, the Swede needed helping hands and then her walker. More on this.
Are Berlin soon threatened by Viennese conditions? Germany dares an experiment in the summer: the three-month discount for local public transport. The question arises as to what it might cause or trigger Christoph Zotter im „Berlin Briefing“. [premium]
Warning of the “telephone epidemic”: 100 years ago today, the “Neue Freie Presse” heard something extraordinary: from America to Canada and further a wave of desire is reported – for a cordless telephone. More on this. [premium]
Who owns the tuxedo? Fashion queers, it shows what that is and how it works – and has been since the beginning of the last century. Right now it’s all regarding the female to male translation. More on this. [premium]
