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 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 Investigators have begun to carefully probe the background of Austria's latest radicalized teenage jihadist, whose pre-detention was extended on Wednesday afternoon after a court hearing in St. Pölten in Lower Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20141030/investigation-begins-on-teenage-bombing-jihadist Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:22:00 +0100 investigation-begins-on-teenage-bombing-jihadist A 14-year-old boy who was arrested on Tuesday evening has been revealed to be a Turkish national who has lived in Austria for the past eight years. https://www.thelocal.at/20141029/teen-jihadist-planned-to-make-bombs Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:32:00 +0100 teen-jihadist-planned-to-make-bombs Following closely on the heels of Germany, Austria has announced a forthcoming ban on terrorism-related symbols, specifically starting with the Isis flag, reported the Austrian Press Agency (APA) on Friday evening. [Updated to reflect comments from HC Strache over the weekend.] https://www.thelocal.at/20140912/austria-bans-isis-terror-symbols Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:44:00 +0200 austria-bans-isis-terror-symbols 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