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 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 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, on his first trip abroad Thursday since being re-elected, failed to persuade the governments of four central European countries to give up on nuclear energy which they largely depend on. https://www.thelocal.at/20200117/austria-fails-to-win-over-neighbours-for-nuclear-phase-out Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:42:25 +0100 austria-fails-to-win-over-neighbours-for-nuclear-phase-out The election trail has already begun to heat up in Austria a day after Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was removed by a no-confidence vote, the first such one for a post-war leader. https://www.thelocal.at/20190528/fierce-campaign-ahead-for-austria-after-sebastian-kurz-ousted Tue, 28 May 2019 18:25:44 +0200 fierce-campaign-ahead-for-austria-after-sebastian-kurz-ousted Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called on Friday for the renegotiation of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty and tough action on countries letting migrants transit ahead of key EU elections this month. https://www.thelocal.at/20190504/austrias-kurz-backs-renegotiation-of-key-eu-treaty Sat, 04 May 2019 13:35:40 +0200 austrias-kurz-backs-renegotiation-of-key-eu-treaty Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday sided with Berlin in criticising French President Emmanuel Macron's European reform ideas, dismissing some of his proposals as "utopian" and others as "dangerous". https://www.thelocal.at/20190312/utopian-suggestions-kurz-backs-berlin-against-macrons-europe-vision Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:06:37 +0100 utopian-suggestions-kurz-backs-berlin-against-macrons-europe-vision Thousands of protesters in Vienna braved snow and icy temperatures Saturday to protest Austria's ruling coalition between the conservatives and the far-right a year after they came to power. https://www.thelocal.at/20181216/thousands-protest-austiras-far-right-coalition-in-vienna Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:45:08 +0100 thousands-protest-austiras-far-right-coalition-in-vienna Buoyed by healthy polls and a booming economy, Austria's right-wing coalition is riding high on an extended political honeymoon a year after joining forces to push their anti-immigration agenda. https://www.thelocal.at/20181215/the-long-honeymoon-of-austrias-right-wing-alliance Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:55:56 +0100 the-long-honeymoon-of-austrias-right-wing-alliance Russia said on Saturday that Austria's "unfounded accusations" in a spy scandal were unacceptable, as the suspect in the case was taken into custody. https://www.thelocal.at/20181110/russia-slams-austria-for-unfounded-spy-accusations Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:12:38 +0100 russia-slams-austria-for-unfounded-spy-accusations Austria's government warned Tuesday it could "take measures to protect" its borders after Germany planned restrictions on the entry of migrants as part of a deal to avert a political crisis in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.at/20180703/austria-announces-plan-to-protect-border-after-controversial-german-migrant Tue, 03 Jul 2018 11:21:09 +0200 austria-announces-plan-to-protect-border-after-controversial-german-migrant In a small town in northern Austria, Sylvia Hochstoeger never imagined she would become the figurehead for a protest movement. https://www.thelocal.at/20180701/in-austria-migrant-trainees-face-explusion-as-attitudes-harden Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:32:31 +0200 in-austria-migrant-trainees-face-explusion-as-attitudes-harden Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Tuesday that he aimed to ease east-west strains within the European Union, as his new right-wing government welcomed Hungary's incendiary Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20180131/kurz-welcomes-orban-to-vienna-claiming-to-act-as-bridge-builder Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:49:43 +0100 kurz-welcomes-orban-to-vienna-claiming-to-act-as-bridge-builder "Whizz-kid", "Basti Fantasti", "Messiah" are just some of the monikers given to Austrian conservative Sebastian Kurz, Europe's youngest leader in waiting. https://www.thelocal.at/20171015/sebastian-kurz-europes-youngest-leader-in-waiting Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:36:14 +0200 sebastian-kurz-europes-youngest-leader-in-waiting Austria holds elections on Sunday, with polls suggesting that Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, 31, and his centre-right People's Party (OeVP) will come first with around 33 percent of the vote. But what government will emerge afterwards? https://www.thelocal.at/20171012/how-austrian-politics-could-pan-out-after-the-snap-election Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:30:03 +0200 how-austrian-politics-could-pan-out-after-the-snap-election Austria is set to move to the right in elections on Sunday with conservative Sebastian Kurz expected to become Europe's youngest head of government and form a coalition with the anti-immigration Freedom Party. https://www.thelocal.at/20171012/whizz-kid-kurz-on-course-to-become-chancellor-and-move-austria-to-right Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:45:42 +0200 whizz-kid-kurz-on-course-to-become-chancellor-and-move-austria-to-right Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is "not welcome" to hold campaign events in Austria ahead of April's referendum on strengthening his powers, the foreign minister in Vienna said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.at/20170227/turkeys-erdogan-not-welcome-to-campaign-in-austria Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:14:08 +0100 turkeys-erdogan-not-welcome-to-campaign-in-austria Austria’s Foreign and Integration Minister Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has said that in principle he understands why US President Donald Trump has promised to build a wall between the US and Mexico. https://www.thelocal.at/20170214/kurz-says-he-understands-why-trump-has-promised-to-build-a-wall Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:48:53 +0100 kurz-says-he-understands-why-trump-has-promised-to-build-a-wall A Chechen teenager has been arrested by special forces police in Vienna after making death threats on social media sites against the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. https://www.thelocal.at/20170209/teenage-troublemaker-arrested-after-death-threats-against-foreign-minister Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:17:30 +0100 teenage-troublemaker-arrested-after-death-threats-against-foreign-minister As Austria prepares to take over the chairmanship of The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2017, Austria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz has said he will use it as an opportunity to push for an easing of the sanctions against Russia. https://www.thelocal.at/20161230/kurz-to-push-for-easing-of-sanctions-against-russia Fri, 30 Dec 2016 14:10:13 +0100 kurz-to-push-for-easing-of-sanctions-against-russia Austria’s Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz, has warned that the refugee crisis could break the European Union apart, and described EU migration policy as a “dramatic failure”. https://www.thelocal.at/20160629/kurz-says-eu-migration-policy-a-dramatic-failure Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:22:44 +0200 kurz-says-eu-migration-policy-a-dramatic-failure Asylum seekers to the European Union should be held on islands rather than be allowed direct access to the continent, Austria's foreign minister has said. https://www.thelocal.at/20160605/kurz-keep-asylum-seekers-on-islands Sun, 05 Jun 2016 21:56:52 +0200 kurz-keep-asylum-seekers-on-islands