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 Bavarian authorities have urged people in Austria not to go shopping across the border while most of the country has been classed as a risk zone by Germany. https://www.thelocal.at/20201026/covid-19-bavaria-warns-austrians-against-cross-border-shopping Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:58:50 +0100 covid-19-bavaria-warns-austrians-against-cross-border-shopping A local lockdown is being put in place in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in southern Bavaria from Tuesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.at/20201020/bavarian-district-on-austrian-border-goes-into-lockdown-as-coronavirus-cases-spike Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:53:50 +0200 bavarian-district-on-austrian-border-goes-into-lockdown-as-coronavirus-cases-spike Austrian troops airlifted a group of German students stranded at a snowbound ski resort on Friday, as emergency services scrambled to clear record snowfall across large parts of the country. https://www.thelocal.at/20190112/austria-army-rescues-snowbound-german-students Sat, 12 Jan 2019 09:48:26 +0100 austria-army-rescues-snowbound-german-students An Iranian diplomat based in Vienna was arrested in Bavaria on Sunday evening on suspicion of carrying explosives and aiding a planned terror attack in Paris. https://www.thelocal.at/20180703/iranian-diplomat-arrested-in-germany-on-suspicion-of-planned-terror-attack Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:01:31 +0200 iranian-diplomat-arrested-in-germany-on-suspicion-of-planned-terror-attack