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 Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the wedding of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl on Saturday, in a visit that the opposition says has damaged Austria's reputation for political neutrality. https://www.thelocal.at/20180819/putin-brings-cossack-choir-to-wedding-of-austrias-foreign-minister Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:08:49 +0200 putin-brings-cossack-choir-to-wedding-of-austrias-foreign-minister The expected attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin at Saturday's wedding of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl sparked a row Friday over whether the visit was appropriate. https://www.thelocal.at/20180818/row-over-putins-at-austria-ministers-wedding Sat, 18 Aug 2018 12:27:32 +0200 row-over-putins-at-austria-ministers-wedding Western sanctions are the main reason Russian President Vladimir Putin has such a huge approval rating, and he can also blame those for the fact his economic policies are a miserable failure according to a leading economist. https://www.thelocal.at/20151023/putins-approval-soars-as-sanctions-bite Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:25:00 +0200 putins-approval-soars-as-sanctions-bite From the far right to the radical left, populist parties across Europe are being courted by Russia's Vladimir Putin who aims to turn them into allies in his anti-EU campaign. https://www.thelocal.at/20150403/russia-courts-far-right-parties-across-europe Fri, 03 Apr 2015 20:58:30 +0200 russia-courts-far-right-parties-across-europe In this editorial, The Local's Paul Gillingwater argues that a new great European war may have just indirectly been triggered by events at OPEC in Austria - for the third time. https://www.thelocal.at/20141202/world-war-iii-may-have-just-started-in-vienna Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:26:00 +0100 world-war-iii-may-have-just-started-in-vienna Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a visit to Turkey, has unexpectedly announced that Russia is shelving the multi-billion-euro South Stream pipeline project to deliver Russian gas to Europe, blaming the EU for throwing obstacles in its path. [Updated with OMV reaction.] https://www.thelocal.at/20141202/putin-shelves-south-stream-pipeline-project Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:33:00 +0100 putin-shelves-south-stream-pipeline-project Is Austria out of tune with its European partners when it comes to Russia? Caroline de Gruyter, Europe correspondent for NRC Handelsblad, argues that it seems so, but that Austrians believe they are at the centre of the new Europe and are doing well out of it. https://www.thelocal.at/20141106/austria-treads-a-tightrope-in-europe Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:57:00 +0100 austria-treads-a-tightrope-in-europe President Heinz Fischer defended Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Vienna at the end of June as well as the planned South Stream gas pipeline. https://www.thelocal.at/20140706/fischer-defends-putins-austrian-visit Sun, 06 Jul 2014 16:17:00 +0200 fischer-defends-putins-austrian-visit