Category: Austrian Chancellor

Austria Reviving Coal-Fired Power Plants as Safeguard Against Reduced Russian Gas Supply

The Austrian government has decided to use coal power to produce electricity in case curtailed Russian gas supply creates an energy emergency in the nation. “The federal government and the energy group VERBUND have agreed to convert the Mellach (Styria) district heating power plant, which is currently shut down, so that in an emergency it…


Austrian Chancellor Nehammer Tests Positive for Coronavirus

BERLIN—Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has tested positive for the coronavirus, the chancellery said on Friday, adding that he was in self-isolation and was not showing symptoms. “There is no need to worry, I am fine and doing well,” the chancellery quoted Nehammer as saying. The infection apparently occurred on Wednesday evening due to contact with…