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 An imam and three other men have been locked up by an Austrian court for running a religious group that recruited young men for Isis. https://www.thelocal.at/20191018/austria-jails-imam-and-three-other-men-for-isis-recruitment Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:24:37 +0200 austria-jails-imam-and-three-other-men-for-isis-recruitment Two young orphans of a female Isis supporter are to be handed over to their grandmother in Vienna, the first such repatriation for Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20190826/austrian-grandmother-gets-custody-of-isis-orphans Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:26:59 +0200 austrian-grandmother-gets-custody-of-isis-orphans An Austrian man under whose influence two couples went to Syria to join the Islamic State (Isis) group taking their nine children with them was on Wednesday jailed for eight years. https://www.thelocal.at/20181129/austrian-jihadist-recruiter-gets-eight-year-jail-sentence Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:05:08 +0100 austrian-jihadist-recruiter-gets-eight-year-jail-sentence Austria's bearded drag idol Conchita cancelled her headlining act at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival because her Syrian musicians were denied British visas. https://www.thelocal.at/20170811/austrias-conchita-pulls-out-of-edinburgh-show-over-visa-row Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:59:04 +0200 austrias-conchita-pulls-out-of-edinburgh-show-over-visa-row An Austrian court on Friday sentenced to up to 10 years in jail two couples who took their children to live in an IS-controlled part of Syria and showed them execution videos. https://www.thelocal.at/20170603/austrian-court-jails-parents-who-took-kids-to-live-under-is Sat, 03 Jun 2017 11:23:16 +0200 austrian-court-jails-parents-who-took-kids-to-live-under-is A Syrian migrant has been jailed for life in Austria for executing 20 wounded government soldiers in his home country. https://www.thelocal.at/20170511/syrian-gets-life-sentence-in-austria-for-murder-of-20-soldiers Thu, 11 May 2017 18:54:55 +0200 syrian-gets-life-sentence-in-austria-for-murder-of-20-soldiers A Syrian migrant went on trial in Austria on Wednesday for allegedly executing 20 wounded government soldiers in his home country. https://www.thelocal.at/20170222/syrian-migrant-on-trial-in-austria-over-20-murders Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:20:30 +0100 syrian-migrant-on-trial-in-austria-over-20-murders Austria's defence minister suggested on Tuesday that suspected jihadists returning from the Syrian war should wear electronic tags under a planned package of new "anti-terror" measures. https://www.thelocal.at/20170124/austria-eyes-electronic-tags-for-jihadists-returning-from-syria Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:47:27 +0100 austria-eyes-electronic-tags-for-jihadists-returning-from-syria Austrian prosecutors have charged a member of a Syrian rebel group with 20 counts of murder for allegedly executing wounded government soldiers in his home country. https://www.thelocal.at/20161110/austria-charges-syrian-rebel-with-20-murders Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:42:28 +0100 austria-charges-syrian-rebel-with-20-murders An Austrian court has sentenced a Syrian man to life in jail for murdering his wife in his homeland in 2011, after Vienna refused to extradite him because of the country's civil war. https://www.thelocal.at/20160915/man-jailed-in-austria-for-murdering-wife-in-syria Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:10:40 +0200 man-jailed-in-austria-for-murdering-wife-in-syria Senior envoys from world and regional powers are to meet once again in Vienna on Tuesday in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria's bloody civil war. https://www.thelocal.at/20160517/world-powers-meet-in-vienna-to-save-syria-peace-hopes Tue, 17 May 2016 09:56:24 +0200 world-powers-meet-in-vienna-to-save-syria-peace-hopes A 25-year-old suspected jihadist is appearing in court in Vienna on Monday, accused of having fought for an al-Qaeda affiliated group and taking part in weapons and religious training. https://www.thelocal.at/20160208/vienna-man-on-trial-for-jihadist-activities Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:02:17 +0100 vienna-man-on-trial-for-jihadist-activities The trials of 13 suspected jihadists who were arrested after massive police raids across Austria in 2014 will begin on Tuesday in Graz Criminal Court, under tight security. https://www.thelocal.at/20160201/suspected-jihad-recruiters-to-go-on-trial-in-graz Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:25:23 +0100 suspected-jihad-recruiters-to-go-on-trial-in-graz Extremism and integration experts are calling for special programmes in Austrian prisons to help prevent convicts becoming radicalized when serving time. https://www.thelocal.at/20160129/is-austria-underestimating-the-threat-of-radicalization Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:09:33 +0100 is-austria-underestimating-the-threat-of-radicalization A 15-year old Islamic State (Isis) sympathizer who was sentenced last year after admitting that he plotted to blow up Westbahnhof railway station in Vienna has appeared in court again, charged with distributing Isis propaganda. https://www.thelocal.at/20160128/teen-jihadist-back-in-court-for-distributing-isis-propaganda Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:25:14 +0100 teen-jihadist-back-in-court-for-distributing-isis-propaganda Two young Syrian brothers have been arrested in a refugee camp in southern Austria on suspicion of belonging to rival terrorist groups, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20151223/teen-terror-suspects-arrested-near-graz Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:22:24 +0100 teen-terror-suspects-arrested-near-graz An Austrian jihadist from Bregenz in Vorarlberg has reportedly been killed by Kurdish soldiers whilst fighting with Isis militants in northern Syria. https://www.thelocal.at/20151202/austrian-jihadist-killed-by-kurdish-soldiers Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:09:31 +0100 austrian-jihadist-killed-by-kurdish-soldiers An Austrian jihadist who served time in prison in Vienna on terrorism charges and later joined Isis (the extremist Islamic State group) is believed to have died from injuries sustained during fighting in Syria, according to a report in the Österreich newspaper. https://www.thelocal.at/20151127/austrian-jihadist-reported-dead-in-syria Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:52:19 +0100 austrian-jihadist-reported-dead-in-syria A teenage girl from Vienna who ran away to join Isis fighters in Syria was reportedly beaten to death after trying to escape from the violent Islamic State group in Raqqa. https://www.thelocal.at/20151124/missing-vienna-girl-beaten-to-death-by-isis Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:06:41 +0100 missing-vienna-girl-beaten-to-death-by-isis A regional court in St. Pölten on Friday convicted a Chechen fighter to five years in prison for fighting with Isis in Syria. https://www.thelocal.at/20151120/chechen-jailed-for-isis-fight-in-syria Fri, 20 Nov 2015 23:08:21 +0100 chechen-jailed-for-isis-fight-in-syria