https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In this week's episode of The Local's Europe-wide podcast, Lee Roden looks at what the future might hold for Catalonia. https://www.thelocal.at/20171027/theres-no-safe-option-in-catalonia-now Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:22:58 +0200 theres-no-safe-option-in-catalonia-now Turkish police on Friday inspected Austrian passengers on an Istanbul-Vienna flight with the help of a sniffer dog, the day after a canine search of passengers flying with Turkish Airlines in Austria, local media reported. https://www.thelocal.at/20171021/turkish-austrian-relations-go-to-the-dogs-over-airport-checks Sat, 21 Oct 2017 18:26:38 +0200 turkish-austrian-relations-go-to-the-dogs-over-airport-checks Austria's constitutional court on Thursday overturned a landmark ruling that had blocked Vienna airport's plans to build a third runway because of climate change worries. https://www.thelocal.at/20170630/vienna-runway-can-go-ahead-despite-climate-change-fears-court-rules Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:20:39 +0200 vienna-runway-can-go-ahead-despite-climate-change-fears-court-rules An investigation into a failed cyber attack on Vienna airport has found that the main suspect is based in the US. https://www.thelocal.at/20170228/suspect-identified-in-vienna-airport-cyber-attack Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:55:32 +0100 suspect-identified-in-vienna-airport-cyber-attack A court has blocked Vienna airport's plans for a third runway saying it would have resulted in greater greenhouse gas emissions, in a verdict described by lawyers as a first. https://www.thelocal.at/20170210/climate-change-worries-halt-vienna-airports-third-runway Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:55:09 +0100 climate-change-worries-halt-vienna-airports-third-runway Nearly 1,000 airline passengers were left stranded last night after a glitch in the IT system at Vienna airport caused huge delays to flights. https://www.thelocal.at/20160829/technical-glitch-causes-chaos-in-vienna-airport Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:08:15 +0200 technical-glitch-causes-chaos-in-vienna-airport An Austrian going through checks at Vienna airport sparked a major security alarm after joking to airport personnel that he was carrying three bombs in his luggage. https://www.thelocal.at/20160404/only-3-bombs-in-bag-joke-sparks-vienna-airport-alarm Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:58:47 +0200 only-3-bombs-in-bag-joke-sparks-vienna-airport-alarm Four people are in court in Austria this week accused of smuggling people onto planes heading to the United States and United Kingdom. https://www.thelocal.at/20160329/four-in-court-in-austria-for-smuggling-people-to-uk-and-us Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:49:14 +0200 four-in-court-in-austria-for-smuggling-people-to-uk-and-us Vienna's Schwechat airport has been found to be the fastest in the world for boarding passengers, according to a study from popular travel site Kayak.com released over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.at/20141117/vienna-airport-fastest-for-boarding Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:14:00 +0100 vienna-airport-fastest-for-boarding According to a report from Bloomberg, Australian fund IFM Investors Pty Ltd is seeking to acquire a half-billion Euro stake in Vienna Airport operator Flughafen Wien AG (FLU). https://www.thelocal.at/20141013/australian-investors-seek-stake-in-vienna-airport Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:57:00 +0200 australian-investors-seek-stake-in-vienna-airport Austria’s Supreme Court has ruled that a 69-year-old woman who slipped on some excrement in Vienna Airport’s terminal building, and broke a bone, cannot sue the airport - instead it said that the airline she was flying with was responsible and should compensate her. https://www.thelocal.at/20140819/airline-responsible-for-womans-poo-fall Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:29:30 +0200 airline-responsible-for-womans-poo-fall Passengers who want to depart from Vienna Airport to a destination in the United States of America will not be bothered by additional security measures, despite a new alert from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). https://www.thelocal.at/20140703/vienna-airport-security-adequate-says-ministry Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:01:00 +0200 vienna-airport-security-adequate-says-ministry