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 Former Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern announced on Saturday he would retire from politics, thereby also ending his bid to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as EU Commission president next year. https://www.thelocal.at/20181007/austria-ex-chancellor-quits-politics-and-drops-bid-for-top-eu-job Sun, 07 Oct 2018 04:26:28 +0200 austria-ex-chancellor-quits-politics-and-drops-bid-for-top-eu-job Former Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern, head of the opposition Social Democrat (SPÖ) party, said on Wednesday he could make a bid to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as EU Commmission president next year. https://www.thelocal.at/20180920/austria-ex-chancellor-kern-eyes-junckers-job-at-eu-commission Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:21:31 +0200 austria-ex-chancellor-kern-eyes-junckers-job-at-eu-commission Austria's far-right FPÖ party on Tuesday agreed to enter talks on forming a coalition government with incoming chancellor Sebastian Kurz, offering a fresh boost to populist parties in Europe. https://www.thelocal.at/20171024/breaking-kurz-coalition-strache-freedom-party Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:48:54 +0200 breaking-kurz-coalition-strache-freedom-party Austria's president on Friday tasked election-winner Sebastian Kurz with forming a government, putting the 31-year-old conservative on course to become the world's youngest leader. https://www.thelocal.at/20171020/president-gives-kurz-the-job-of-forming-a-new-austrian-government Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:22:04 +0200 president-gives-kurz-the-job-of-forming-a-new-austrian-government Austria's far-right Freedom Party said on Wednesday it wants the top job in the interior ministry in exchange for entering a coalition with election winner Sebastian Kurz. https://www.thelocal.at/20171018/austrian-far-right-demands-control-of-interior-ministry Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:50:27 +0200 austrian-far-right-demands-control-of-interior-ministry Austria's election winner Sebastian Kurz, who may form a coalition with the far-right, vowed "zero tolerance" on anti-Semitism in any future government, in an interview published in Israel on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20171017/jewish-group-warns-of-possible-anti-semitic-influence-if-freedom-party-shares-power Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:23:24 +0200 jewish-group-warns-of-possible-anti-semitic-influence-if-freedom-party-shares-power Austria's election winner Sebastian Kurz, who may form a coalition with a far-right party ambivalent about the European Union, said on Tuesday that Austria would play an "active" role in the bloc. https://www.thelocal.at/20171017/election-winner-kurz-says-austria-must-play-an-important-role-in-the-eu Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:48:54 +0200 election-winner-kurz-says-austria-must-play-an-important-role-in-the-eu Austria's far-right looked set on Monday to return to power in a coalition with conservative "whizz-kid" Sebastian Kurz, the world's youngest leader-in-waiting, in a fresh triumph for European populists. https://www.thelocal.at/20171016/sebastian-kurz-promises-great-change-as-austria-turns-to-the-right Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:50:18 +0200 sebastian-kurz-promises-great-change-as-austria-turns-to-the-right Austria's embattled left-wing chancellor gave a last-ditch warning on Saturday to voters not to allow the country to turn right with a coalition of the conservatives and the far-right. https://www.thelocal.at/20171014/austrian-chancellor-in-last-ditch-election-warning Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:35:16 +0200 austrian-chancellor-in-last-ditch-election-warning When ex-railways chief Christian Kern became Austrian chancellor last year, hopes ran high that the dapper Social Democrat would help fix the quarrelling coalition government and fend off the far-right. https://www.thelocal.at/20171013/why-austrias-chancellor-kern-risks-an-election-fiasco Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:09:58 +0200 why-austrias-chancellor-kern-risks-an-election-fiasco The leaders of Austria's two main centrist parties hurled accusations at each other on Sunday over a murky smear campaign, in their first one-on-one debate a week ahead of a snap election. https://www.thelocal.at/20171009/austrian-party-chiefs-trade-angry-exchanges-in-pre-election-debate Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:23:30 +0200 austrian-party-chiefs-trade-angry-exchanges-in-pre-election-debate Tall, tanned and only 31, Austria's rising political star Sebastian Kurz oozed confidence as he strode to blaring pop music into Graz's main square -- seemingly with good reason. https://www.thelocal.at/20170915/why-austrias-wonder-boy-sebastian-kurz-is-on-course-to-win-election Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:24:08 +0200 why-austrias-wonder-boy-sebastian-kurz-is-on-course-to-win-election The Austrian chancellor's efforts to boost his popularity by posing as a pizza delivery man were starting to look half-baked on Thursday after claims that the stunt was staged. https://www.thelocal.at/20170420/video-austrias-chancellor-delivers-pizzas-but-critics-arent-buying-it Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:01:28 +0200 video-austrias-chancellor-delivers-pizzas-but-critics-arent-buying-it Austrian leaders said the European Union should end talks over Turkey's 30-year-old bid to join its ranks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a controversial referendum on gaining further powers. https://www.thelocal.at/20170418/austria-turkey-membership-buried Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:17:02 +0200 austria-turkey-membership-buried