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 A rally organised by the far-right anti-Islamic group PEGIDA in Vienna was called off by organisers after hardly any supporters showed up on the day. https://www.thelocal.at/20160418/pegida-demo-in-vienna-short-on-numbers Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:27:19 +0200 pegida-demo-in-vienna-short-on-numbers Germany’s anti-Islam Pegida movement and right-wing groups are planning to hold “mass demonstrations against Islamization” in several European cities on February 6th, including the Austrian city of Graz organizers say. https://www.thelocal.at/20160125/pegida-and-right-wing-groups-plan-march-in-graz Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:00:45 +0100 pegida-and-right-wing-groups-plan-march-in-graz A second Pegida demonstration in Vienna on Sunday afternoon passed without any serious incidents, and had a low turnout - although six people have been charged with making Hitler salutes. https://www.thelocal.at/20150420/six-spotted-making-hitler-salute-at-vienna-pegida-demo Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:47:52 +0200 six-spotted-making-hitler-salute-at-vienna-pegida-demo Four suspects captured on camera making Nazi salutes during Austria's first PEGIDA demonstration on February 2nd have been identified by police. https://www.thelocal.at/20150416/police-investigating-pegida-nazi-salutes-identify-four-suspects Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:32:47 +0200 police-investigating-pegida-nazi-salutes-identify-four-suspects Around 150 supporters of the German “anti-Islamisation” group Pegida held a march in Austria’s second largest city of Graz on Sunday. Three people were slightly injured in clashes with left-wing protesters. https://www.thelocal.at/20150330/pegida-marches-in-graz-clash-with-left-wingers Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:31:13 +0200 pegida-marches-in-graz-clash-with-left-wingers Austrian police have charged eight participants in the country’s first Pegida protest, after some were caught yelling "Heil Hitler!" https://www.thelocal.at/20150313/austrian-police-charge-eight-pegida-marchers Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:31:05 +0100 austrian-police-charge-eight-pegida-marchers A second protest by Germany’s anti-Muslim movement Pegida in the Upper Austrian capital of Linz on Saturday afternoon required a massive police operation in order to prevent clashes breaking out between left-wing counter demonstrators. https://www.thelocal.at/20150223/linzs-second-pegida-demo-rings-up-250000 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:22:46 +0100 linzs-second-pegida-demo-rings-up-250000 Former far-right Austrian politician Ewald Stadler has voiced his support for Germany’s “anti-Islamization” movement Pegida, and has said he would be prepared to offer legal advice to Pegida members in Germany and Austria, who are afraid of being criminalized. https://www.thelocal.at/20150213/former-far-right-politician-wants-to-support-pegida Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:56:00 +0100 former-far-right-politician-wants-to-support-pegida The first protest in the Austrian city of Linz by Germany's "anti-Islamization" movement Pegida drew just 150 supporters Sunday and was dwarfed by a counter-demo by some 2,000 people, police said. https://www.thelocal.at/20150208/pegida-in-linz-meets-fierce-resistance Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:10:00 +0100 pegida-in-linz-meets-fierce-resistance Vandals in the Austrian city of Salzburg have defaced a plaque commemorating the 1938 burning of books by the Nazis, in the latest in a series of similar incidents, police said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150208/neo-nazi-vandals-plague-salzburg Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:08:00 +0100 neo-nazi-vandals-plague-salzburg After the less-than-stellar showing on Monday in Vienna, with at least five times the number of counter demonstrators, the German anti-Islamization movement is taking to the streets in Linz on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150206/pegida-plans-march-in-linz-on-sunday Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:29:00 +0100 pegida-plans-march-in-linz-on-sunday The spokesman for the Vienna branch of the German Pegida movement has said that he is “stepping down” and that in future any press information will be posted on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.at/20150204/vienna-pegida-spokesman-steps-down Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:18:00 +0100 vienna-pegida-spokesman-steps-down Austrian police have said they are examining video footage and photos from Vienna’s first Pegida march after some supporters were seen performing Nazi salutes on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.at/20150203/police-check-footage-from-pegida-debut Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:05:00 +0100 police-check-footage-from-pegida-debut Germany's Pegida "anti-Islamisation" movement held its first march in Austria on Monday but was dwarfed by a colourful counter-demonstration more than 10 times larger, according to police estimates. https://www.thelocal.at/20150202/pegida-demo-is-a-damp-squib Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:15:00 +0100 pegida-demo-is-a-damp-squib Vandals sprayed several swastikas on a Vienna mosque, Austrian police said Monday ahead of the country's first demonstration by the "anti-Islamisation" movement Pegida. https://www.thelocal.at/20150202/swastikas-on-mosque-as-pegida-march-looms Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:16:00 +0100 swastikas-on-mosque-as-pegida-march-looms The Vienna branch of the German anti-Islam movement Pegida is holding a demonstration in the Austrian capital on Monday afternoon, just three days after the city centre was shut down as thousands protested against a ball organised by far-right groups and politicians. https://www.thelocal.at/20150202/1200-police-for-vienna-pegida-spinoff-rally Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:21:00 +0100 1200-police-for-vienna-pegida-spinoff-rally The Vienna branch of the German anti-Islam movement Pegida has announced that it plans to hold a demonstration in the Austrian capital on February 2nd, at 6.30pm. Numerous left-wing counter demonstrations are also planned. https://www.thelocal.at/20150109/pegida-plans-to-hold-anti-islam-demo-in-vienna Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:58:00 +0100 pegida-plans-to-hold-anti-islam-demo-in-vienna