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 Austrian government came under fire on Thursday for a new "Islam map" showing the location of mosques and associations around the country, with religious groups saying it would stigmatise Austria's Muslim population. https://www.thelocal.at/20210528/austrian-government-comes-under-fire-over-islam-map Fri, 28 May 2021 13:32:00 +0200 austrian-government-comes-under-fire-over-islam-map The deportation of three school students from Austria this week brought to the fore cracks in the country's ruling conservative-green coalition, with observers warning of further possible "stress tests" if and when the pandemic wanes. https://www.thelocal.at/20210130/how-deportations-of-school-kids-are-testing-austrias-ruling-coalition Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:33:50 +0100 how-deportations-of-school-kids-are-testing-austrias-ruling-coalition Austria's Greens on Saturday gave the go-ahead to a coalition with the country's conservatives at a party congress in Salzburg, removing the last obstacle to the unprecedented alliance. https://www.thelocal.at/20200105/austrias-greens-vote-to-join-conservatives-in-coalition Sun, 05 Jan 2020 10:56:20 +0100 austrias-greens-vote-to-join-conservatives-in-coalition Gay-themed traffic lights installed in Vienna for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest have proven so popular that authorities have now decided to keep them for good and even turn them into t-shirts. https://www.thelocal.at/20150521/green-light-for-lgbt-t-shirts Thu, 21 May 2015 02:14:51 +0200 green-light-for-lgbt-t-shirts In an attempt to understand the challenges faced by her constituents, Greens spokeswoman for Burgenland, Regina Petrik, has just spent the past three months working at a grocery store, a restaurant and a nursing home. https://www.thelocal.at/20140722/burgenland-politician-gets-real Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:27:00 +0200 burgenland-politician-gets-real