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 South Tyrol, known to Italians as Alto Adige, has been a bone of contention between Austria and Italy for decades. Here's what you need to know about the latest dispute. https://www.thelocal.at/20181018/the-south-tyrol-question-explained Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:42:52 +0200 the-south-tyrol-question-explained A diplomatic row threatens to disrupt Italy's Alpine province of South Tyrol: over the question of national identity and whether some of its inhabitants should have the right to Austrian citizenship. https://www.thelocal.at/20181018/italy-and-austria-at-odds-over-south-tyrol-dual-citizenship Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:08:32 +0200 italy-and-austria-at-odds-over-south-tyrol-dual-citizenship Italy's foreign minister has cancelled a meeting with his Austrian counterpart over Vienna's plans to grant citizenship to the German-speaking minority in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol, his office said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.at/20180918/italy-cancels-meeting-with-austria-over-south-tyrol-passport-proposal Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:55:35 +0200 italy-cancels-meeting-with-austria-over-south-tyrol-passport-proposal Rome was up in arms Monday over a proposal by Austria's new conservative and far-right coalition government to offer passports to the German-speaking residents of the northern Italian province of South Tyrol. https://www.thelocal.at/20171218/italy-austria-passports-south-tyrol Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:40:13 +0100 italy-austria-passports-south-tyrol A new study shows that 89 percent of Austrians are in favour of South Tyrol holding an independence referendum, and would welcome unification with Italy's German-speaking northern region. https://www.thelocal.at/20150126/austrians-in-favour-of-unification-with-south-tyrol Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:23:00 +0100 austrians-in-favour-of-unification-with-south-tyrol