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 An internal paper from the EU Commission suggests that there will be no measures to reduce the amount of child benefit payments paid to EU migrants whose children are resident in their native country - something Austria has called for. https://www.thelocal.at/20161212/no-cuts-to-child-benefits-for-eu-migrants Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:33:40 +0100 no-cuts-to-child-benefits-for-eu-migrants The state government of Lower Austria has agreed to cut social security payments in a bid to be “fairer to working people”. https://www.thelocal.at/20161118/lower-austria-cuts-social-security-benefits Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:12:16 +0100 lower-austria-cuts-social-security-benefits Austrian ministers say they will push the EU Commission to apply emergency measures to reduce the amount of child benefit payments paid to EU migrants with children living outside of Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20161115/austria-pushes-for-brake-on-child-benefits-paid-abroad Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:15:46 +0100 austria-pushes-for-brake-on-child-benefits-paid-abroad Immigrants from other EU nations can be refused unemployment benefits under certain conditions, the Court of Justice of the European Union decided on Tuesday in a case that Austria has welcomed as a "clarification" of the rules. https://www.thelocal.at/20141111/court-eu-migrants-can-be-denied-local-benefits-2 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:10:00 +0100 court-eu-migrants-can-be-denied-local-benefits-2