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 With the UK general election taking place on June 8th, it’s important to remember to register to vote if you can and want to have your say. https://www.thelocal.at/20170427/how-to-vote-from-overseas-in-the-uk-general-election Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:44:39 +0200 how-to-vote-from-overseas-in-the-uk-general-election Anastasia Gromontova is a student recently arrived from Ukraine. She writes about her experience as an expat in Vienna in her first year. https://www.thelocal.at/20160927/life-as-a-new-expat-in-vienna Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:30:00 +0200 life-as-a-new-expat-in-vienna Austrian Cornelia Miedler moved to California in 2001 and, although initially sceptical, she ended up staying there for ten years. Now she has written a book about her experiences of being an 'LAlien', an extract of which is published below. https://www.thelocal.at/20160824/book-swapping-the-austrian-alps-for-the-hollywood-hills Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:48:42 +0200 book-swapping-the-austrian-alps-for-the-hollywood-hills With Valentine's Day fast approaching, author Wendy Williams looks at what it means to be one half of an expat or multicultural couple. https://www.thelocal.at/20160212/expats-immigrants-and-the-globalisation-of-love Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:26:23 +0100 expats-immigrants-and-the-globalisation-of-love