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 Yuli Edelstein, Israel’s Knesset speaker, has said that Austria must help pressure Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions, as well as fight local neo-Nazi activity. https://www.thelocal.at/20140930/knesset-speaker-austria-must-back-iran-sanctions Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:03:00 +0200 knesset-speaker-austria-must-back-iran-sanctions Forty-five Palestinian children wounded during Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip crossed the Rafah border on Monday evening, making their way to Germany and Austria to receive medical treatment, according to Anadolu news agency. https://www.thelocal.at/20140909/gaza-children-go-to-austria-for-medical-treatment Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:47:00 +0200 gaza-children-go-to-austria-for-medical-treatment Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann called for peace and tolerance after meeting religious leaders on Monday amid mounting tensions highlighted by an attack against an Israeli football team last month. https://www.thelocal.at/20140826/austrian-chancellor-calls-for-end-to-religious-tensions Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:31:00 +0200 austrian-chancellor-calls-for-end-to-religious-tensions Young Muslims and Jews from around the world are meeting in Vienna for the fifth Muslim Jewish Conference (MJC). https://www.thelocal.at/20140807/100-jews-and-muslims-meet-in-vienna Thu, 07 Aug 2014 11:32:00 +0200 100-jews-and-muslims-meet-in-vienna An Austrian TV presenter has received death threats and been verbally abused on the social networking site Facebook after hosting a discussion on the ORF programme ZiB 24 about terrorism and anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.at/20140729/tv-journalist-abused-on-facebook Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:08:00 +0200 tv-journalist-abused-on-facebook German flag carrier Lufthansa, which operates Austrian airline AUA, said on Thursday it would continue to suspend flights to Tel Aviv for another 24 hours over security concerns amid the conflict in the Gaza Strip. https://www.thelocal.at/20140725/lufthansa-maintains-tel Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:17:00 +0200 lufthansa-maintains-tel The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution has begun an investigation into a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza last Saturday in Innsbruck. https://www.thelocal.at/20140722/woman-injured-at-innsbruck-gaza-demo Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:12:00 +0200 woman-injured-at-innsbruck-gaza-demo Around 11,000 people gathered in central Vienna on Sunday to demonstrate against Israeli attacks on Gaza. According to the police the demonstration remained peaceful. https://www.thelocal.at/20140721/demonstration-against-israeli-attack-on-gaza Mon, 21 Jul 2014 11:54:00 +0200 demonstration-against-israeli-attack-on-gaza US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Austria to renew a US offer to help mediate a truce as Israel stepped up its military campaign against the Gaza Strip. https://www.thelocal.at/20140713/kerry-seeks-gaza-truce-from-netanyahu Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:57:00 +0200 kerry-seeks-gaza-truce-from-netanyahu France's foreign minister called Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Israel and the Gaza Strip, where a deadly six-day conflict is escalating in what he said was an "absolutely disastrous" way. https://www.thelocal.at/20140713/french-foreign-minister-calls-for-ceasefire Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:16:00 +0200 french-foreign-minister-calls-for-ceasefire