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 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 The commonly held belief that some Austrians - or more often Viennese - can be a bit grumpy might not be true after all. https://www.thelocal.at/20160429/austrians-are-happy-folk-shows-laughing-survey Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:13:11 +0200 austrians-are-happy-folk-shows-laughing-survey Many English speakers dread German grammar. The most treacherous thing, though, isn’t the grammar but ‘false friends’ - German words that are identical or similar to an English word but don't mean the same thing. https://www.thelocal.at/20150414/false-friends-to-be-wary-of-when-learning-german Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:02:23 +0200 false-friends-to-be-wary-of-when-learning-german The majority of Austrians see themselves as “quite good-looking”, according to a survey by Vienna Insurance Group and netdoktor.at. https://www.thelocal.at/20150317/majority-of-austrians-feel-good-looking Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:36:02 +0100 majority-of-austrians-feel-good-looking The Local List shines a little light on some of the charming eccentricities of the German language. https://www.thelocal.at/20141219/top-12-german-sayings Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:24:00 +0100 top-12-german-sayings A recent report ranked Austrians seventh in the world when it comes to speaking English as a foreign language, but that doesn't mean they don't still make mistakes. Here are The Local's top ten mistakes that Austrians make in English. https://www.thelocal.at/20141117/top-10-mistakes-austrians-make-in-english Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:20:00 +0100 top-10-mistakes-austrians-make-in-english A tightened EU statistics office rulebook for government accounting swelled Austria’s debt to 81.2 percent of GDP in 2013, Statistik Austria announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140930/austrias-debt-rises-with-new-eu-rules Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:23:00 +0200 austrias-debt-rises-with-new-eu-rules If you’ve lived in Germany, or you learnt Hochdeutsch at school, you may be surprised by some of the language differences between Austria and parts of Germany. https://www.thelocal.at/20140731/the-best-words-in-austrian-german Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:25:00 +0200 the-best-words-in-austrian-german