Black History Month Speaker Nishani Frazier
The U.S. Embassy hosted another virtual live talk during Black History Month. This time, Professor Nishani Frazier from the University of Kansas spoke about The…
Black History Month Speaker Nikki Brown
Cultural attaché Miranda Patterson opened our series of events around Black History Month 2021 with a virtual talk and discussion with Nikki Brown. The talk has…
Demonstration Alert – U. S. Embassy Vienna (January 30-31, 2021)
Location: Announced gathering points include, but are not limited to, the following areas in Vienna: Heldenplatz Resselpark Maria-Theresien-Platz Other central locations in the city. Event: Up…
Health Alert – Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs (January 15, 2021)
Location: Worldwide – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director has signed an order requiring all airline passengers traveling to the United States, including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent…
A Talk with Peter Rough: The U.S. after the Elections
For the third time, a virtual live conversation took place on Facebook as part of our Fall 2020 Virtual Speaker Series. The topic of this…
Voting in Georgia Runoff Elections and Other 2021 Elections
U.S. Consular Section Vienna offers free delivery of mail-in ballots for all U.S. elections, including the January 5, 2021, runoff election for Georgia’s two U.S.…
Reduced Consular Services Due to COVID-19 Lockdown
On Nov. 15, Austrian government officials announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Tuesday, November 17 until Sunday, December 6 to combat the spread of COVID-19. All retail…
Perspectives on Race Relations in the U.S. and Austria
At the second event in our Fall 2020 Virtual Speaker Series last Tuesday, Daryl Davis , U.S. activist, author, and Grammy Award-winning musician talked and…
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Vienna
Location: 1st District, Vienna, Austria Event: Austrian authorities report that they believe the sole terrorist who attacked Vienna’s 1st District yesterday is dead. Police are…
SECURITY ALERT
There is a continuing police action in Central Vienna with heavy police presence in Vienna’s First District. Subjects related to yesterday’s terrorist attack are still…
URGENT SECURITY ALERT
URGENT SECURITY ALERT There is an ACTIVE SHOOTER incident the Vienna 1st district near the area of Schwedenplatz near Sterngasse. Active gunfire. Police are present…
Hans Noel on “How the 2020 U.S. Election Is and Is Not Like Any Other U.S. Election”
Last week, Prof. Hans Noel, Associate Professor at Georgetown University , gave a virtual talk via Facebook Live on the topic of the upcoming U.S.…
How to mail your ballot
Consul Cesar Soriano explains the precedure on how to mail your ballot for voting from abroad. Click here to watch the video.
Under Secretary Keith Krach in Vienna
After U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s very productive and successful mid-August visit to Vienna, another senior U.S. Government official, Under Secretary of State for Economic…
Absentee Voting Process
Last week, Deputy Consular Chief Cesar Soriano invited U.S. Citizens living in Austria to a Facebook Live chat on the absentee voting process. If you missed…
Voting by Absentee Ballot in the 2020 U.S. Elections
This year, the U.S. Elections will take place on Tuesday, November 3rd. In some states voter registration and ballot request deadlines for the November 2020 election…
Visit of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Austria
During his visit last week to Vienna, Austria, Secretary Michael R. Pompeo met with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Minister…
Embassy Vienna Resumes Limited Visa Services
Starting July 15, 2020, Embassy Vienna will resume processing of limited categories of non-immigrant visa applications. At this time, we are prioritizing services for citizens…
