As it was timely reported, due to external pressure, CARD COMPLETE SERVICE BANK AG decided to cancel the service of payment by means of bank cards, contracted with the Consular Section of the Embassy of Cuba in Austria (with jurisdiction in Croatia and Slovenia), without previous notice.
For this reason, the Consular Section has had to modify the charge system for the services it provides to its customers, who will not be able to pay using their cards from now on.
Vienna, 3 September 2019. In the framework of the excellent relations of exchange and cooperation maintained between the Ministries of Justice of Austria and Cuba in recent years, the European country has sent a donation of one hundred computers and monitors and 40 printers for the computerization and modernization of Cuba´s public registries.
The traditional scenario of the VolksstimmeFest, annually organized by the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ, by its German initials); held from 31 August to 1 September in Vienna, was an appropriate occasion to denounce the illegal economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by US against Cuba and its tightening by President Trump Administration.
Declaration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The journey to Havana of the 10 trucks which collect solid urban waste, donated by the city of Vienna to the Cuban capital, begins as part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the Foundation of the village of San Cristóbal de La Habana.
The farewell ceremony was organized by the Viennese administration, in one of the facilities in charge of waste management, street cleaning and the vehicle fleet.