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Austrian president apologises for breaking lockdown curfew

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Published: 03:53, 25 May 2020   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Austrian president apologises for breaking lockdown curfew

Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen has apologised after he broke a coronavirus-related curfew.

He stayed at a restaurant in the capital, Vienna, beyond the closing time mandated under the country's lockdown measures.

Mr Van der Bellen, 76, said he had lost track of the time while speaking with friends at the Italian restaurant in the centre of the city.

"I'm sincerely sorry. It was a mistake," he said.

"I went out for the first time since the lockdown with two friends and my wife," he wrote on Twitter. "We then lost track of the time while chatting."

The president was spotted by police on the outside dining area of the restaurant shortly after midnight on Sunday, local media report.

But the government's latest rules say restaurants and cafes, which were allowed to reopen last week, must close no later than 23:00.


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