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 School is back in Austria from Monday onwards. Here’s what parents and students can expect. https://www.thelocal.at/20210514/masks-testing-and-sport-what-are-the-rules-for-schools-in-austria Fri, 14 May 2021 19:47:24 +0200 masks-testing-and-sport-what-are-the-rules-for-schools-in-austria Find out what's going on today with The Local's short round up of the news. https://www.thelocal.at/20210408/today-in-austria-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-6 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:39:47 +0200 today-in-austria-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-6 Schools in the eastern states of Austria (Vienna, Burgenland and Lower Austria) are currently switched to distance learning. But what will have changed in schools when they go back after Easter?  https://www.thelocal.at/20210406/what-are-the-latest-coronavirus-measures-in-schools-and-kindergartens-in-austria Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:46:16 +0200 what-are-the-latest-coronavirus-measures-in-schools-and-kindergartens-in-austria Schools in Austria - including compulsory and upper schools - will again allow face-to-face lessons to take place from January 25th. https://www.thelocal.at/20210113/austrian-schools-to-reopen-on-january-25th Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:00:23 +0100 austrian-schools-to-reopen-on-january-25th The Austrian government is set to decide on Wednesday when schools are set to reopen - and which schools will remain closed. https://www.thelocal.at/20210111/coronavirus-lockdown-austria-to-decide-on-school-reopenings-on-wednesday Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:31:10 +0100 coronavirus-lockdown-austria-to-decide-on-school-reopenings-on-wednesday Five teenagers aged between 15 and 16 have been sentenced by a court in Graz for the rape and sexual abuse of a fellow school student, who was 15 at the time. https://www.thelocal.at/20161111/five-teenagers-convicted-for-rape-and-abuse-of-schoolgirl Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:00:18 +0100 five-teenagers-convicted-for-rape-and-abuse-of-schoolgirl A kindergarten in Vienna was reportedly used as a location for sex and drug parties, in the latest allegations to hit a businessman whom prosecutors suspect may have been operating an organized criminal network. https://www.thelocal.at/20160318/austria-scandal-hit-kindergarten-used-for-drug-and-sex-parties-vienna Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:07:00 +0100 austria-scandal-hit-kindergarten-used-for-drug-and-sex-parties-vienna Exercise bikes placed at the back of classrooms are helping school pupils in Austria keep fit while studying. https://www.thelocal.at/20160301/pupils-ride-exercise-bikes-in-austrian-schools Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:12:18 +0100 pupils-ride-exercise-bikes-in-austrian-schools 18 people are currently being investigated over the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at a school in Graz. https://www.thelocal.at/20160216/did-teacher-ignore-rape-victims-cries-for-help Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:46:05 +0100 did-teacher-ignore-rape-victims-cries-for-help Police are investigating what caused 38 school pupils to be hospitalized for respiratory problems and headaches after reports of a strange smelling gas in a school in Tulln, Lower Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20151216/school-children-fall-ill-after-mystery-gas-smell Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:57:48 +0100 school-children-fall-ill-after-mystery-gas-smell Austrian integration minister Sebastian Kurz has called for the immediate closure of "many Islamic kindergartens," and insisted on tighter controls to prevent radicalization. https://www.thelocal.at/20151206/kurz-calls-for-islamic-school-closures Sun, 06 Dec 2015 13:00:38 +0100 kurz-calls-for-islamic-school-closures A school in Adolf-Loos Gasse 2 in Floridsdorf was the scene of a major incident when 170 children were evacuated after an apparent pepper spray attack. https://www.thelocal.at/20151204/170-children-hospitalized-after-pepper-spray-incident Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:20:02 +0100 170-children-hospitalized-after-pepper-spray-incident The headmistress of the Vienna Business School in Mödling, Lower Austria, has ruled that only German may be spoken on her school's premises, citing “cultural conflict with cleaning staff” as the reason behind her decision. https://www.thelocal.at/20150317/school-sparks-controversy-with-foreign-language-ban Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:33:09 +0100 school-sparks-controversy-with-foreign-language-ban An Islamic studies teacher from Graz who was suspended by the board of education after allegedly defending the Paris shootings to his pupils has been told he can teach again - as there was insufficient evidence he ever made the statements. https://www.thelocal.at/20150225/islam-teacher-cleared-after-paris-comments Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:10:32 +0100 islam-teacher-cleared-after-paris-comments A private Islamic primary school in Vienna's Brigittenau district has been shut down as the city council believes its students’ welfare was endangered, the Kurier newspaper reports. https://www.thelocal.at/20150123/islamic-school-closed-for-endangering-children Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:55:00 +0100 islamic-school-closed-for-endangering-children A hearing has taken place into the case of a teenager from Vorarlberg who intends to sue the Austrian government for €21,000 because he was bullied at school and claims that his teachers failed to put a stop to it. https://www.thelocal.at/20150119/bullied-teen-sues-austrian-government Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:23:00 +0100 bullied-teen-sues-austrian-government The right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) will hold a protest at the site of a planned Islamic high school in Simmering, Vienna on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.at/20141105/demo-against-islamic-school-in-vienna Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:58:00 +0100 demo-against-islamic-school-in-vienna Since January, around 30 parents of persistent truants have been jailed for their failure to pay the necessary fines of up to €440. https://www.thelocal.at/20140912/truant-parents-jailed-for-fines-non-payment Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:47:00 +0200 truant-parents-jailed-for-fines-non-payment A pig’s head has been left on the construction site of a planned Turkish Islamic high school in Vienna, in what is believed to be an Islamophobic attack. https://www.thelocal.at/20140807/pigs-head-left-on-islamic-centre-site Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:17:00 +0200 pigs-head-left-on-islamic-centre-site