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 The major European gas pipeline hub in Austria that suffered a deadly explosion on Tuesday has resumed pumping gas abroad, its operator said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20171213/austrian-gas-hub-fully-operational-again-after-deadly-blast Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:14:42 +0100 austrian-gas-hub-fully-operational-again-after-deadly-blast An explosion rocked one of Europe's biggest gas pipeline hubs in Austria on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and 18 injured, emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.at/20171212/60-hurt-in-austrian-gas-hub-blast Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:23:58 +0100 60-hurt-in-austrian-gas-hub-blast Austria's OMV said that it is buying a 24.99-percent stake in one of Russia's biggest gas fields for $1.85 billion. https://www.thelocal.at/20170306/austrian-energy-group-omv-russia-gas-field Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:41:50 +0100 austrian-energy-group-omv-russia-gas-field A 55-year-old man has been arrested in Vienna, on suspicion of deliberately causing a gas explosion in a residential building in the 17th district in which one person died. https://www.thelocal.at/20170127/tenant-arrested-on-suspicion-of-causing-deadly-explosion Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:45:06 +0100 tenant-arrested-on-suspicion-of-causing-deadly-explosion One person is reported to have died and three other people have been seriously injured in a gas explosion in a residential building on Vienna’s Hernalser Hauptstrasse, in the 17th district. https://www.thelocal.at/20170126/four-seriously-injured-in-gas-explosion-in-viennas-17th-district Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:47:31 +0100 four-seriously-injured-in-gas-explosion-in-viennas-17th-district A school in Adolf-Loos Gasse 2 in Floridsdorf was the scene of a major incident when 170 children were evacuated after an apparent pepper spray attack. https://www.thelocal.at/20151204/170-children-hospitalized-after-pepper-spray-incident Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:20:02 +0100 170-children-hospitalized-after-pepper-spray-incident Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a visit to Turkey, has unexpectedly announced that Russia is shelving the multi-billion-euro South Stream pipeline project to deliver Russian gas to Europe, blaming the EU for throwing obstacles in its path. [Updated with OMV reaction.] https://www.thelocal.at/20141202/putin-shelves-south-stream-pipeline-project Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:33:00 +0100 putin-shelves-south-stream-pipeline-project Around 6 p.m. on Thursday evening, a gas explosion ripped through the top floor of a residential building in Vienna's Margareten district. https://www.thelocal.at/20140828/gas-explosion-destroys-vienna-rooftop-apartment Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:27:00 +0200 gas-explosion-destroys-vienna-rooftop-apartment