Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen ready to pay if Albanian Restaurant be fined for breaking the schedule in Vienna

 Alexander Van der Bellen in nature(archive)

 Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has apologized publicly after he and his wife broke the rules of coronavirus ban. He has stated that he will take all the fines if they are imposed on the Albanian owner of the restaurant Sole in Vienna.

Austria has allowed the opening of restaurants until 23:00 pm, but President Van der Bellen and his wife, Doris Schmidaue, were seen by Austrian police drinking until after midnight at the restaurant Sole of the Albanian owner, Aki Nuredini.

According to Austrian media, the restaurant was closed at the time, but they had continued for more than an hour to sit on the restaurant's terrace.

(2/2) Und er fügt hinzu: „Sollte dem Wirt daraus ein Schaden erwachsen, werde ich dafür gerade stehen.“https://t.co/956rKviEl0

— A. Van der Bellen (@vanderbellen) May 24, 2020

"We wasted our time talking and unfortunately we missed the allowed schedule," he wrote in a post on social media. "I'm sorry, it was a mistake," said President Van der Bellen.

According to the regulation in Austria, if a restaurant is open after 23:00 pm, the fine will be close to 30 thousand euros. For this, the Austrian president has emphasized that if the owner of the restaurant is fined, he is ready to take over everything.

Aki Nuredini at his Restaurant Sole in Vienna

"If the restaurant takes a fine, I will stand behind it and take my responsibilities," wrote President Van der Bellen.

The restaurant Sole is owned by the well-known Albanian gastronomer Aki Nuredini, who has opened this restaurant since 1983 and is located on one of the busiest streets in Vienna.