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 Austria's parliament has passed an anti-terrorism law which bans the symbols of the Islamic State group (Isis) and al-Qaeda, as well as creating the possibility of issuing travel bans on minors suspected of seeking to join Islamic radicals in the Middle East. https://www.thelocal.at/20141211/austria-passes-anti-terror-law Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:38:50 +0100 austria-passes-anti-terror-law Update: Austrian police arrested 13 people and raided homes, prayer rooms and mosques around the country early Friday in a mass operation targeting suspected jihad recruiters, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.at/20141128/police-launch-mass-raids-against-jihad-recruiters Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:55:00 +0100 police-launch-mass-raids-against-jihad-recruiters Leaders of Christian, Muslim and other religious communities from Iraq, Syria and the larger Middle East region have met at a Saudi-funded centre in Vienna and have denounced all violence in the name of religion. https://www.thelocal.at/20141120/religious-leaders-denounce-violence Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:49:00 +0100 religious-leaders-denounce-violence The headteachers of around 150 schools in Vienna are being instructed in how to spot potential “jihadist threats” today, after a 14-year-old boy who planned to blow up a busy train station was arrested in Lower Austria last week. https://www.thelocal.at/20141104/teachers-told-how-to-spot-jihadist-threat Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:44:00 +0100 teachers-told-how-to-spot-jihadist-threat Austria’s Federal Agency for State Protection is currently reviewing what appears to be a pro-jihad video, which was posted on Youtube on July 28th, and is thought to have been shot in the picturesque spa town Bad Gastein, in Salzburg. https://www.thelocal.at/20140829/austrian-jihadist-video-from-bad-gastein Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:47:00 +0200 austrian-jihadist-video-from-bad-gastein According to the Interior Ministry as many as 130 people from Austria are fighting as jihadists abroad, with some having returned to Austria, and some on their way to war zones. https://www.thelocal.at/20140822/130-jihadists-from-austria-fighting-abroad Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:27:00 +0200 130-jihadists-from-austria-fighting-abroad Austria has begun a series of humanitarian aid shipments to Iraq. https://www.thelocal.at/20140821/austria-commences-humanitarian-aid-flights-to-iraq Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:35:00 +0200 austria-commences-humanitarian-aid-flights-to-iraq A 19-year-old Austrian is on Interpol’s wanted list - charged with belonging to a terrorist organisation and incitement to commit serious crimes. https://www.thelocal.at/20140818/austrian-on-interpols-wanted-list Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:18:00 +0200 austrian-on-interpols-wanted-list Austria's foreign minister Sebastien Kurz announced on Friday that the Central European country will not permit export of any Austrian weapons to Iraq. https://www.thelocal.at/20140815/austria-wont-send-weapons-to-iraq Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:12:00 +0200 austria-wont-send-weapons-to-iraq Austria’s Federal Office against Terrorism and for Protection of the Constitution (BVT) is alarmed due to death threats against the Yazidi community in Vienna, according to a report in the Kurier newspaper. https://www.thelocal.at/20140813/death-threats-against-viennas Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:19:00 +0200 death-threats-against-viennas Austria’s Turkish Cultural Community (TKG) is calling on its members and sympathizers to join a peaceful protest march against the persecution of Iraqi Christians through Vienna's city centre on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140808/protest-march-against-christian-persecution Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:14:00 +0200 protest-march-against-christian-persecution