The Local Austria 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 Third of Austrians struggle to pay bills Around a third of Austrians have struggled to pay their bills in the last six months and are having a hard time making ends meet, according to a poll carried out by credit management service Intrum Justitia. https://www.thelocal.at/20141117/third-of-austrians-struggle-to-pay-bills Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:57:00 +0100 third-of-austrians-struggle-to-pay-bills Austria's debt rises with new EU rules 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