VIENNA, May 25 — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen apologised yesterday after staying at a restaurant past the 11 pm closing time mandated by the government as part of its anti-coronavirus measures. “I went out for the first time since the lockdown with two friends and my wife,” Van...
Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen wearing a protective face mask in Vienna, Austria April 27, 2020. — Reuters pic
“I went out for the first time since the lockdown with two friends and my wife,” Van der Bellen tweeted yesterday, adding: “We then lost track of time while chatting.His tweet thread linked to an article in thenewspaper according to which a police patrol found the president and his wife on the terrace of an Italian restaurant in central Vienna shortly after midnight yesterday morning.
Last week restaurants and cafes were allowed to re-open but have to follow a suite of new rules, one of which is the 11 pm closing time.newspaper that he believed he had followed the rules by stopping service at 11 pm but that he thought customers were allowed to stay on the terrace past that time if they wished.
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