- Title: 346 Austria Italy border reopens
- Date: 16th June 2020
- Description:Celebration for reopening of Austrian-Italian border Plöckenpass / Passo di Monte Croce Carnico Since midnight the borders between Austria and its neighbor countries have been open. This is the moment people from the Carinthian Gailtal and their neighbours from the northern Italian Friuli have been waiting for a long time. After three months, the border at the top of the Plöcken Pass opens again. The people on both sides celebrated this with great joy, as personal and economic relations are particularly close there. The entrepreneurs in Gailtal are also glad that the Plöcken Pass is open again, it is the fastest route to Italy for them and their goods. Shotlist - MS Police is taking off the fence at the Blöckenpass border station - MS Austrians and Italians have a drink to celebrate the removal of the fence - VS When they clink glasses, people say “Long live Italy, long live Austria” in German and Italian - VS Removal of concrete blocks from Plöckenpass mountain pass road - SOUNDBITE (German) Graziella Raineri, an Italian woman living and working in Kötschach-Mauthen, Carinthia: „It’s the best feeling you can imagine. We are finally allowed to see our compatriots, go to our home country, as we are all working in Kötschach-Mauthen we are very happy that we can visit our families. A great feeling. We stayed up all night long so that we did not miss that moment.” - VS Reopening party inside the Restaurant Al Valico Carnico at the Italian side of the border - VS Innkeeper and guests hugging - SOUNDBITE (German) Assunta Mentil, innkeeper Restaurant Al Valico Carnico: “For me, it was very boring. Now all the people are back and I am happy to have my guests." - WS Trucks back at pass road
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:16/06/2020
- Decade: 2020s