Austria is the first European Union country to announce that is has suspended its COVID-19 vaccination mandate that made coronavirus vaccine jabs compulsory for all adult residents who were over 18 years old.

A new initiative for trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) was launched in Styria. Within the context of a strategic partnership, the Know-Center, SGS, the Graz University of Technology and the University of Graz will research and develop efficient and independent test methods and testing technologies for AI systems.

Company founders from Vienna achieved a coup worth billions of euros on the basis of offering online tutoring via Webcam.

More than 2,600 startups have been established in Austria since 2009, half in Vienna.

Bluecode is a mobile payment solution linking touchless payments per smart phone with digital value-added services.

The global pharmaceutical company Novartis and its generics division Sandoz will upgrade their production network for the manufacturing of antibiotics in Europe over the next three to five years.

In spite of the coronavirus crisis, 2020 turned out to be a record year for startups with respect to investments.

The company Porsche Informatik (Porsche Informatics) opened a new lab at Softwarepark Hagenberg in March 2021.

The Austrian firm Tec-Innovation has developed an intelligent shoe designed to detect obstacles.

Starting from April 7 and until April 30, travellers from the UK as well as Austria and Israel will be allowed to travel to Italy and will be subject to the same requirements as arrivals from other European countries.