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 retired colonel in the Austrian army is suspected of having spied for Russia for several decades, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.at/20181109/austria-says-retired-colonel-suspected-of-spying-for-russia Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:05:28 +0100 austria-says-retired-colonel-suspected-of-spying-for-russia A report in the Swiss broadsheet Der Tagesanzeiger alleges that Swiss investigators found sophisticated monitoring cameras bugging talks at Swiss and Austrian hotels. https://www.thelocal.at/20150923/mossad-bugged-high-level-nuke-talks Thu, 24 Sep 2015 01:42:52 +0200 mossad-bugged-high-level-nuke-talks Austrian journalist Erich Möchel delivered a presentation in Hamburg at the annual meeting of the Chaos Computer Club on Monday December 29, detailing the various locations where the US NSA has been actively collecting and processing electronic intelligence in Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20141231/nsa-spying-in-vienna-detailed-at-chaos-meet Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:28:00 +0100 nsa-spying-in-vienna-detailed-at-chaos-meet Security researchers have discovered a highly sophisticated piece of spyware that has attacked computer systems in ten countries, including Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20141124/austria-infested-by-it-super-bug-regin Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:36:00 +0100 austria-infested-by-it-super-bug-regin More than 7,000 secret agents and spies are currently working in Vienna, more than in any other city, according to a new book by Austrian investigative journalist Emil Bobi. https://www.thelocal.at/20140731/vienna-is-the-capital-of-spies Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:36:00 +0200 vienna-is-the-capital-of-spies Experts from the US and Austria will meet to discuss concerns over alleged US spying activities, ministers from both countries have agreed. https://www.thelocal.at/20140716/us-and-austria-agree-to-discuss-spy-allegations Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:52:00 +0200 us-and-austria-agree-to-discuss-spy-allegations The Austrian Foreign ministry has begun to investigate allegations that a US spy who worked for German foreign intelligence (BND) has met at least two CIA agents working at the US embassy in Vienna several times since 2012. https://www.thelocal.at/20140713/austria-investigates-us-german-spy-links-in-vienna Sun, 13 Jul 2014 21:07:00 +0200 austria-investigates-us-german-spy-links-in-vienna Germany and the United States remain "great friends" despite a new spying scandal that saw the CIA station chief in Berlin expelled, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140713/kerry-emphasizes-german-friendship-in-spy-row Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:29:00 +0200 kerry-emphasizes-german-friendship-in-spy-row