The first two applicants filing paperwork in order to obtain Austrian citizenship for descendants of victims of National Socialism were welcomed to the Embassy by Ambassador Martin Weiss and Consul General Sigrid Kodym-Herzberg.

During his working visit to Vienna, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo inaugurated the U.S.-Austria Friendship Tram with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

From August 13 to 15, 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a bilateral working visit to Austria. It was the first bilateral visit by a U.S. Secretary of State in more than 20 years and thus an important expression of the excellent state of the bilateral relations between Austria and the United States.

Austrian Airlines resumed flights to the United States on July 1, 2020 after a coronavirus-mandated interruption. Austria’s flagship carrier now (re-) connects Vienna with Chicago, New York (Newark), and Washington, DC (Dulles) three times a week.

On June 18, 2020, the Austrian diplomatic missions in the United States hosted a virtual closing event of the Austrian-American cultural project No-Place Like the Future – Artists Evoke a World After Corona. Over the past eight weeks, over 30 artists of various fields, based in Austria and the United States, teamed up to create artworks addressing a world after the coronavirus pandemic. Now, you can explore and see what, they’ve been working on www.noplacelikethefuture.org!

"A person's name is inextricably linked to their individual persona. With this Memorial To The Jewish Children, Women And Men Of Austria Who Were Murdered In The Shoah, we will restore to these fellow Austrians their names, and with that, a piece of their personality, identity and human dignity," said Austrian Federal Minister for the European Union and Constitution Karoline Edtstadler at a ceremony on June 22, 2020, to mark the start of construction of the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial in Vienna’s city center. #NeverForget #AskWhy #HolocaustRemembrance

On May 29, 2020, fifth graders from our Embassy Adoption partner class at LaSalle-Backus Education campus, a public school in northeast Washington, DC, were celebrated with a virtual promotion ceremony to mark the end of elementary school. Like so many students around the world, they could not complete the 2019-2020 school year as planned. On behalf of the entire Embassy of Austria staff, we wish you all a safe and healthy return to school in the fall and good luck in middle school, but first – have a wonderful summer!

We are looking for successful and solution-oriented intercultural dialogue projects in the fields of Art/Culture, Youth, Human Rights and Global Citizenship Education.

On May 9, 2020, which marked the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, the first step towards a united Europe, each of the 27 EU Member States represented in Washington, DC, kept their (embassy) doors closed as the event moved online in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

May 8, 1945, not only marks the end of the Second World War in Europe, for Austria it is also the day it was liberated from National Socialism. Austrian state officials found numerous occasions to silently remember the eventful, historic days of 1945, as many in-person celebrations were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. #LiberationDay #VEDay

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, companies find creative ways to give back locally: KOVAL Distillery in Chicago, IL, and C-Care in Linthicum Heights, MD, switched their production lines to much-needed disinfectants, while Julius Meinl North America in Miami Beach, FL, donated a Viennese coffee fix to first responders. #covid19 #response

On April 21, 2020, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) hosted a virtual conversation between Ambassador Martin Weiss in Washington, DC and AJC CEO David Harris in New York. #covid19

Both Austria and the United States underlined their support for the crucial work of journalists by co-signing a joint statement, which was published on April 14, 2020, on the safety of journalists and access to information during the COVID-19 crisis. #PressFreedom #coronavirus #multilateralism

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in the U.S., Voice of America’s Washington Diplomatic Correspondent Natalie Liu interviewed the Ambassadors of Austria, Brazil and Italy to learn more about the impact the coronavirus outbreak has on their professional and personal life. #covid19

On March 23, 2020, the Austrian Embassy facilitated the return of over 300 Austrians, stranded due to flight cancellations, from the United States to Vienna. The repatriation flight, organized in cooperation with Austrian Airlines, left Dulles International Airport shortly after 9:00 pm and safely arrived in Vienna the next morning. Passengers wore protective face masks and gloves while on board the Boeing 777 and agreed to self-quarantine for 14 days after landing. #repatriationflight #covid19

Austrian Federal Minister for the European Union and Constitution Karoline Edtstadler travelled to Washington, DC, to attend this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference on March 2, 2020.

On March 4 Consul General Launer welcomed a delegation of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) led by Los Angeles Regional Director Amanda Susskind at the Consulate General.

The Austrian National Council, the lower house of the Austrian parliament, has presented a resolution proposal condemning any form of anti-Semitism, including anti-Semitism directed at Israel, and calls on the Austrian government to counter such tendencies with resolve.

On February 26, 2020, Ambassador Martin Weiss welcomed a delegation of 18 students from the Vienna-based Academic Forum for Foreign Affairs to the Embassy.

At the invitation of Austrian Defense Attaché Major General Jürgen Ortner, David Petraeus spoke to a group of Defense Attachés from several European countries about U.S. national security, military and foreign policy and their implications for its transatlantic partners. While discussing various global issues, the retired U.S. Army General and former CIA Director stressed the importance of coalitions and alliances.