Austrian president apologizes for breaking Covid-19 curfew
Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen has apologized after breaking the country's coronavirus curfew, CNN reports.
Van der Bellen remained at a restaurant on Saturday night after the 11 p.m. curfew time put in place by the Austrian government, according to the AFP news agency which cited Austria's Kurier newspaper.
"I went out for the first time since the lockdown with two friends and my wife," Van der Bellen said Sunday on Twitter, in reference to the Kurier report.
"We then lost track of time while chatting. I'm sincerely sorry. It was a mistake."
Restaurants in Austria were allowed to reopen from May 15 but have to observe a number of social distancing restrictions and the 11 p.m. closing time.