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 new president, who beat an anti-immigration candidate in a polarising and nail-biting election last year, issued a rallying call on Thursday for the EU and a warning against populism as he was sworn in. https://www.thelocal.at/20170126/austrian-president-sworn-in-as-government-wobbles Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:46:22 +0100 austrian-president-sworn-in-as-government-wobbles Austria's embattled chancellor was greeted on Sunday with loud boos as he addressed around 80,000 people in Vienna on May Day, a week after the government's disastrous defeat at the hands of the far-right in a presidential ballot. https://www.thelocal.at/20160502/may-day-boos-for-austrian-leader-after-far-right-poll-shock Mon, 02 May 2016 10:19:30 +0200 may-day-boos-for-austrian-leader-after-far-right-poll-shock Austria's anti-immigration far-right triumphed on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election, with candidates from the two governing parties failing to even make it into a May 22 runoff. https://www.thelocal.at/20160424/runoff-likely-in-austrian-presidential-poll Sun, 24 Apr 2016 18:29:48 +0200 runoff-likely-in-austrian-presidential-poll