{"id":1177805,"date":"2022-01-01T12:49:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1177805"},"modified":"2022-01-01T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:49:18","slug":"authoritarian-austria-protesters-party-in-central-vienna-in-defiance-of-new-years-eve-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authoritarian-austria-protesters-party-in-central-vienna-in-defiance-of-new-years-eve-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Authoritarian Austria: Protesters Party in Central Vienna in Defiance of New Year&#039;s Eve Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauthoritarian-austria-protesters-party-in-central-vienna-in-defiance-of-new-years-eve-lockdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1177805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237492339-e1641043187497-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Thousands of protesters and others partied in central Vienna on Friday evening in clear defiance of Austria\u2019s various lockdown restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Crowds gathered in central Vienna on Friday to ring in the new year, partying the night away despite lockdown restrictions in place in Austria.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A mix of protesters, New Year\u2019s Eve celebrants, and tourists gathered in the central Stephansplatz square, with many dancing to music being blared out across the square.<\/p>\n<p>While Austria had temporarily relaxed unvaccinated-only lockdown restrictions for the night, a number of other measures remained in place. These included a 10 pm curfew for restaurants, as well as a ten-person limit on gatherings for both jabbed and unjabbed alike.<\/p>\n<p>This, however, did not stop thousands from attending revelries in the city centre, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heute.at\/s\/tausende-feierten-silvester-party-am-stephansplatz-100181904\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>Heute<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Corona-Demo wieder am Stephansplatz <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0yJQ26RRU8\">pic.twitter.com\/0yJQ26RRU8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Markus Sulzbacher (@msulzbacher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msulzbacher\/status\/1477042560833138694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Austrian newspaper <em>Kronen Zeitung<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2593917\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that police showed up at the scene around 10 pm to ensure a peaceful celebration.<\/p>\n<p>While the reports by&nbsp;<em>Heute<\/em> and&nbsp;<em>Kronen Zeitung <\/em>disagree on whether arrests were made by police during the event, both agree&nbsp;that the mood at the gathering was peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city was full, almost like it used to be,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Heute<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heute.at\/s\/tausende-feierten-silvester-party-am-stephansplatz-100181904\">reports<\/a> one witness of the night\u2019s events said. \u201cIt was a very colourful mixture of tourists, kids, corona demonstrators, party people and a large police presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Austria to Extend &#8216;Apartheid&#8217; Lockdown of Unvaccinated Due to Omicron <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AXvuTqEwOK\">https:\/\/t.co\/AXvuTqEwOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1476889623687217154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>While the evening\u2019s festivities marked a temporary reprieve for unvaccinated individuals in Austria, the nation\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/15\/corona-apartheid-austria-imposes-stay-at-home-lockdown-unvaccinated\/\">corona apartheid<\/a>\u201d system is to remain in place for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/31\/austria-to-extend-segregation-lockdown-for-unvaccinated-due-to-omicron-variant\/\">again<\/a> extended its lockdown of unvaccinated people for another 10-days, having promised that such a measure will continue indefinitely, despite needing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/23\/unvaccinated-only-lockdown-extended-in-austria-for-another-ten-days\/\">constant renewal<\/a> due to Austrian law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">Mandatory vaccination<\/a> is also to be put in place from February onwards, with those who remain unvaccinated by that point facing large fines and even the possibility of imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Those who received one-dose vaccines are also to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/31\/austria-to-extend-segregation-lockdown-for-unvaccinated-due-to-omicron-variant\/\">lose access<\/a> to their COVID passes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ots.at\/presseaussendung\/OTS_20211229_OTS0053\/gesundheitsministerium-impfnachweise-ueber-eine-einmalige-janssen-impfung-ab-03-jaenner-2022-nicht-mehr-gueltig\">early January,<\/a>&nbsp;being forced to receive a booster should they want the document reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, support for mandatory vaccination within the country has reached nearly 60 per cent, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2591852\">poll<\/a>&nbsp;conducted by Gallop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of protesters and others partied in central Vienna on Friday evening in clear defiance of Austria\u2019s various lockdown restrictions. 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