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 People from Bavaria will be able to pop over the border into Austria and vice versa to visit friends and relatives from Wednesday, Bavaria's Minister Markus Söder and Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz have announced. https://www.thelocal.at/20210511/border-to-open-between-austria-and-germany-for-visits-and-shopping Tue, 11 May 2021 17:20:41 +0200 border-to-open-between-austria-and-germany-for-visits-and-shopping Germany has stepped up checks at its border with Austria following multiple shootings that have left four people dead. https://www.thelocal.at/20201103/germany-steps-up-checks-at-austria-border-after-vienna-attack Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:06:15 +0100 germany-steps-up-checks-at-austria-border-after-vienna-attack A debate over tightening border controls in Germany has been sparked as countries, including Austria and the Czech Republic, battle with increasing coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.at/20201020/should-germany-impose-border-controls-as-covid-19-rates-rise-across-europe Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:35:59 +0200 should-germany-impose-border-controls-as-covid-19-rates-rise-across-europe An Austrian court has ruled that a German tourist who took exception to a World War II portrait in an Austrian guesthouse had no right to complain about it on travel sites. https://www.thelocal.at/20190907/tourist-told-to-pull-nazi-grandpa-comments-in-austria Sat, 07 Sep 2019 11:21:05 +0200 tourist-told-to-pull-nazi-grandpa-comments-in-austria A German hiker who was trampled to death by cows in Austria was partly to blame for the incident, a court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.at/20190827/hiker-partly-to-blame-for-getting-trampled-to-death-by-cows-in-austria Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:30:36 +0200 hiker-partly-to-blame-for-getting-trampled-to-death-by-cows-in-austria Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday sided with Berlin in criticising French President Emmanuel Macron's European reform ideas, dismissing some of his proposals as "utopian" and others as "dangerous". https://www.thelocal.at/20190312/utopian-suggestions-kurz-backs-berlin-against-macrons-europe-vision Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:06:37 +0100 utopian-suggestions-kurz-backs-berlin-against-macrons-europe-vision Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday raised the spectre of a 'catastrophe' similar to the events of 2015 if Europe does not agree a common response on migration. https://www.thelocal.at/20180621/kurz Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:07:54 +0200 kurz Austrian and Germany have lashed out at Washington over new sanctions against Russia that target the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe. https://www.thelocal.at/20170616/austria-germany-angry-us-sanctions-russsia-energy-nord-stream Fri, 16 Jun 2017 18:33:37 +0200 austria-germany-angry-us-sanctions-russsia-energy-nord-stream Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday approved a controversial law imposing tolls on the country's famous autobahns (motorways), in the face of objections from neighbouring countries who say it discriminates against foreign drivers. https://www.thelocal.at/20170331/austria-says-it-will-take-germany-to-court-over Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:15:34 +0200 austria-says-it-will-take-germany-to-court-over Germany's government and the European Commission have come to an agreement over German plans to impose tolls for foreign cars on its historically free autobahns. https://www.thelocal.at/20170125/austria-considers-suing-germany-over-autobahn-toll Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:12:28 +0100 austria-considers-suing-germany-over-autobahn-toll Elite German police were hunting for gunmen who went on a shooting rampage at a busy mall in Munich, killing eight people in cold blood in the third attack on civilians in Europe in barely a week. https://www.thelocal.at/20160723/rampage-shocks-munich-leaving-eight-dead Sat, 23 Jul 2016 02:54:02 +0200 rampage-shocks-munich-leaving-eight-dead Come and test your German skills on the European Day of Languages with The Local's German odd word out quiz. This linguistic challenge should test even the finest German translators. https://www.thelocal.at/20140926/test-your-skills-with-the-odd-word-out-quiz Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:39:47 +0200 test-your-skills-with-the-odd-word-out-quiz Almost one in four schoolchildren in Europe are learning German, according to research from the EU to mark the European Day of Languages on Friday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140926/one-in-four-eu-school-pupils-learn-german Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:02:00 +0200 one-in-four-eu-school-pupils-learn-german Austria’s Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP) has acknowledged that the number of refugees travelling through Austria into Germany presents “a substantial problem” and that the reintroduction of border controls might be something to consider. https://www.thelocal.at/20140909/call-to-bring-back-austrian-border-controls Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:27:00 +0200 call-to-bring-back-austrian-border-controls If you live in Vienna the chances are that you are paying more for your groceries than someone who lives in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.at/20140821/austrians-pay-more-for-food-than-germans Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:36:00 +0200 austrians-pay-more-for-food-than-germans Minister of Infrastructure Doris Bures (SPÖ) says the EU commission will support her in fighting against the introduction of a highway toll for foreigners in Germany. https://www.thelocal.at/20140729/bures-eu-commission-rejects-german-toll Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:13:31 +0200 bures-eu-commission-rejects-german-toll After massive criticism of Germany's plans to introduce a highway toll for foreigners the German Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Alexander Dobrindt will meet his counterparts in Austria and in the Netherlands. https://www.thelocal.at/20140714/bures-to-meet-german-minister-of-transport Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:02:00 +0200 bures-to-meet-german-minister-of-transport Germany and the United States remain "great friends" despite a new spying scandal that saw the CIA station chief in Berlin expelled, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140713/kerry-emphasizes-german-friendship-in-spy-row Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:29:00 +0200 kerry-emphasizes-german-friendship-in-spy-row The latest World Bank International Comparison Program places Austria well above Germany in terms of living costs. https://www.thelocal.at/20140510/austrias-living-costs-steeper-than-germanys Sat, 10 May 2014 22:38:00 +0200 austrias-living-costs-steeper-than-germanys