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 Two Swiss and two Austrian nationals were killed on Saturday when their small plane crashed in the Swiss Alps, police said https://www.thelocal.at/20200726/four-die-in-plane-crash-in-swiss-alps-2 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 13:02:36 +0200 four-die-in-plane-crash-in-swiss-alps-2 A survival story worthy of a Hollywood drama took place in the Austrian Alps this week when a German mountain climber was rescued after five days trapped in a 30-metre deep rock fissure. https://www.thelocal.at/20171109/german-hiker-trapped-for-5-days-trapped-in-rock-crevice-in-austrian-alps Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:21:16 +0100 german-hiker-trapped-for-5-days-trapped-in-rock-crevice-in-austrian-alps The quick reflexes of a French tourist saved a coach carrying 22 French visitors from lunging into a ravine in the Austrian Alps, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.at/20170924/french-tourist-saves-bus-from-plunging-into-ravine-in-austrian-alps Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:13:00 +0200 french-tourist-saves-bus-from-plunging-into-ravine-in-austrian-alps Five people were killed and a sixth seriously injured after a climbing accident Sunday morning in the Austrian Alps, rescue services said. https://www.thelocal.at/20170827/five-dead-after-climbing-accident-in-austrian-alps Sun, 27 Aug 2017 18:15:43 +0200 five-dead-after-climbing-accident-in-austrian-alps The search for eight hikers missing in the Swiss Alps has been called off, police announced on Saturday, three days after they were lost in a massive landslide. https://www.thelocal.at/20170826/search-for-eight-missing-in-alps-called-off-swiss-police Sat, 26 Aug 2017 18:36:48 +0200 search-for-eight-missing-in-alps-called-off-swiss-police German, Austrian and Swiss citizens are missing following a landslide that forced the evacuation of several small villages. https://www.thelocal.at/20170824/two-austrians-missing-after-massive-swiss-landslide Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:57:39 +0200 two-austrians-missing-after-massive-swiss-landslide A hiker in the Austrian Alps was fatally gored on Wednesday when a cow charged at her, local police and media said. https://www.thelocal.at/20170608/cow-gores-woman-to-death-in-austrian-alps Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:21:32 +0200 cow-gores-woman-to-death-in-austrian-alps A mountain rescuer and a female climber died in the Austrian Alps on Sunday after a rope hauling them up to a helicopter came loose, police said. https://www.thelocal.at/20170605/two-killed-in-alps-as-helicopter-rope-comes-loose Mon, 05 Jun 2017 11:40:06 +0200 two-killed-in-alps-as-helicopter-rope-comes-loose A young Hungarian woman has died after being crushed by a snowcat piste machine on the Dobratsch mountain in Carinthia in southern Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20161021/hungarian-woman-crushed-by-snowcat-piste-machine Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:09:48 +0200 hungarian-woman-crushed-by-snowcat-piste-machine A small Austrian town sick of people throwing rubbish from cars as they drove through the area have resorted to sticking hundreds of huge yellow arrows alongside the road to show how bad it's got. https://www.thelocal.at/20160325/austrian-town-sick-of-rubbish-resorts-to-huge-yellow-arrows Fri, 25 Mar 2016 11:05:14 +0100 austrian-town-sick-of-rubbish-resorts-to-huge-yellow-arrows With temperatures rising faster in the Alps than the rest of the world, alpine countries are working together to adapt to climate change and hope to set an example. https://www.thelocal.at/20141128/climate-change-endangers-alpine-villages Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:11:00 +0100 climate-change-endangers-alpine-villages Two German tourists who ventured up into the Alps in Tyrol, totally unequipped for a mountain adventure, had a lucky escape after getting lost in a snowstorm 3,000 metres above sea level. https://www.thelocal.at/20140903/german-tourists-rescued-in-tyrol-alps Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:41:35 +0200 german-tourists-rescued-in-tyrol-alps