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 A hotly-contested planned German road toll that targets foreigners is in violation of EU law, the bloc's highest court ruled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20190618/eu-court-rules-german-autobahn-toll-on-foreign-drivers-illegal Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:42:20 +0200 eu-court-rules-german-autobahn-toll-on-foreign-drivers-illegal Austria on Wednesday raised the speed limit to 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph) from 130 km/h on two stretches of one of the country's main motorways. https://www.thelocal.at/20180801/austria-tests-higher-motorway-speed-limit Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:56:12 +0200 austria-tests-higher-motorway-speed-limit The government in Vienna is now taking legal action before the European Court of Justice against a car toll in Germany planned for 2019. https://www.thelocal.at/20171012/austria-files-lawsuit-against-germany-over-autobahn-foreigner-tolls Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:50:08 +0200 austria-files-lawsuit-against-germany-over-autobahn-foreigner-tolls Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday approved a controversial law imposing tolls on the country's famous autobahns (motorways), in the face of objections from neighbouring countries who say it discriminates against foreign drivers. https://www.thelocal.at/20170331/austria-says-it-will-take-germany-to-court-over Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:15:34 +0200 austria-says-it-will-take-germany-to-court-over Germany's government and the European Commission have come to an agreement over German plans to impose tolls for foreign cars on its historically free autobahns. https://www.thelocal.at/20170125/austria-considers-suing-germany-over-autobahn-toll Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:12:28 +0100 austria-considers-suing-germany-over-autobahn-toll