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 German and Austrian authorities have arrested an Iraqi man suspected of committing "terrorist attacks" by sabotaging railway lines in Germany last year, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20190327/terror-suspect-arrested-in-austria-over-2018-germany-train-sabotage Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:56:03 +0100 terror-suspect-arrested-in-austria-over-2018-germany-train-sabotage A nine-year-old girl who fell in a frozen pond when the ice she was walking on cracked was saved from drowning by her own school bag. https://www.thelocal.at/20170202/schoolgirls-backpack-proves-a-lifesaver-in-icy-water Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:13:11 +0100 schoolgirls-backpack-proves-a-lifesaver-in-icy-water The recent cold weather in Austria meant ice-skaters had perfect conditions on many lakes and some rivers over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.at/20170123/cold-weather-turns-austria-into-an-ice-skaters-paradise Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:54:55 +0100 cold-weather-turns-austria-into-an-ice-skaters-paradise A 69-year old Viennese woman fell through an unauthorized patch on the frozen old Danube river (Alte Donau) while skating this Sunday. She was able to break free using her own strength, but was still brought to the hospital in order to be examined for a minor case of hypothermia. https://www.thelocal.at/20170110/woman-falls-through-ice-on-alte-donau-while-skating-at-own-risk Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:41:19 +0100 woman-falls-through-ice-on-alte-donau-while-skating-at-own-risk Conditions worsened in the on-going ice storm in Lower Austria and Burgenland on Thursday, as authorities resorted to tanks to get supplies into towns cut off by thousands of fallen trees and ice-covered roads. https://www.thelocal.at/20141204/ice-storm-threatens-homes-in-austria Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:37:41 +0100 ice-storm-threatens-homes-in-austria Five days of freezing frost and rain in Lower Austria have caused a state of emergency in Zwettl and parts of Krems. 2,500 households are without electricity and the weather outlook remains grim. https://www.thelocal.at/20141203/icy-conditions-cause-chaos-in-lower-austria Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:27:00 +0100 icy-conditions-cause-chaos-in-lower-austria The fire service was called out more than 200 times over the weekend in the district of Zwettl (Lower Austria) as a rare ice storm hit the region, bringing chaos with layers of frozen ice in trees. https://www.thelocal.at/20141201/rare-ice-storm-hits-waldviertel Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:13:00 +0100 rare-ice-storm-hits-waldviertel