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 Austrian prosecutors have ruled out reopening a probe into the death of a prominent Kazakh government opponent whose apparent jail suicide in Vienna had been called into question by a German expert. https://www.thelocal.at/20170214/austria-rejects-murder-theory-in-aliyev-kazakh-critics-death Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:25:33 +0100 austria-rejects-murder-theory-in-aliyev-kazakh-critics-death Austrian police raided the hotel rooms of Kazakhstan’s national biathlon team late on Wednesday, seizing medical equipment, drugs and cellphones ahead of a world championships competition in Hochfilzen. https://www.thelocal.at/20170210/austrian-police-raid-hotel-rooms-of-kazakhstans-national-biathlon-team Fri, 10 Feb 2017 13:00:27 +0100 austrian-police-raid-hotel-rooms-of-kazakhstans-national-biathlon-team Two Kazakhs are due to appear in court on Tuesday in one of Austria’s most prominent and unusual murder trials, in which the main suspect is dead. https://www.thelocal.at/20150414/kazakh-pair-on-trial-in-vienna-after-aliyev-death Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:46:06 +0200 kazakh-pair-on-trial-in-vienna-after-aliyev-death Lawyers of the dead Kazakh dissident Rakhat Aliyev, who was found hanging in his prison cell in Vienna last week, have said they will fight to prove that his death was not a suicide - contrary to what Austrian prosecutors have ruled. https://www.thelocal.at/20150303/lawyers-fight-to-prove-aliyev-case-not-suicide Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:03:00 +0100 lawyers-fight-to-prove-aliyev-case-not-suicide According to a report on Austrian radio station Ö1, traces of barbiturates were found in the body of former Kazakh ambassador Rakhat Aliyev, who was found hanging in his prison cell on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150227/sedative-found-in-dead-kazakh-dissident-blood Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:24:09 +0100 sedative-found-in-dead-kazakh-dissident-blood Prosecutors in Austria have confirmed that the diary of former Kazakh ambassador Rakhat Aliyev has been found in his prison cell, where he was found dead on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150226/could-diary-hold-clue-to-kazak-aliyev-death Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:02:00 +0100 could-diary-hold-clue-to-kazak-aliyev-death Rakhat Aliyev, an opponent and former son-in-law of Kazakhstan's president, was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide at an Austrian jail just before he was due to testify against alleged extortion, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.at/20150224/kazakh-ex-diplomat-aliyev-found-dead-in-vienna-jail Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:00:00 +0100 kazakh-ex-diplomat-aliyev-found-dead-in-vienna-jail Kazakhstan's former ambassador to Austria is about to face charges of double murder, according to a report on national broadcaster ORF on Friday, which quoted a leaked 14-page opinion by prosecutor Bettina Wallner. https://www.thelocal.at/20141031/kazakh-banker-to-face-double-murder-charge Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:57:00 +0100 kazakh-banker-to-face-double-murder-charge New evidence has emerged in the long and complex case of Rakhat Aliyev - a millionaire ex-ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria and former son-in-law of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan's president-for-life. https://www.thelocal.at/20140618/police-probe-ex-ambassador-wanted-for-murder Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:21:00 +0200 police-probe-ex-ambassador-wanted-for-murder The former son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was arrested in Vienna late Thursday in connection with murder and kidnapping charges. https://www.thelocal.at/20140606/former-son-in-law-of-kazakh-leader-arrested-in-austria Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:33:00 +0200 former-son-in-law-of-kazakh-leader-arrested-in-austria