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 Austrian prosecutors have filed terror charges against a 21-year-old over a plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, they said on Monday, which had led the US megastar's shows in 2024 in the Alpine nation to be scrapped. https://www.thelocal.at/20260216/austria-charges-youngster-over-taylor-swift-concert-attack-plot Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:30:14 +0100 austria-charges-youngster-over-taylor-swift-concert-attack-plot Austrian authorities have arrested a 14-year-old suspect in connection with a foiled attack at Vienna’s Westbahnhof. The teenager was found with knives and IS-related materials. https://www.thelocal.at/20250219/austria-arrests-14-year-old-on-suspicion-of-planning-a-terrorist-attack-in-vienna Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:15:23 +0100 austria-arrests-14-year-old-on-suspicion-of-planning-a-terrorist-attack-in-vienna The Villach knife attack has sparked a row over the need for tighter security measures in Austria, put upcoming events in the spotlight and sounded the alarm about the dangers of online radicalisation. https://www.thelocal.at/20250217/latest-what-impact-will-the-villach-terror-attack-have-on-austria Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:11:31 +0100 latest-what-impact-will-the-villach-terror-attack-have-on-austria A stabbing that left a teenager dead and five other people injured in southern Austria was an "Islamist attack", the interior minister said on Sunday, with a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker held. https://www.thelocal.at/20250216/austria-calls-stabbing-that-killed-teen-islamist-attack Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:52:43 +0100 austria-calls-stabbing-that-killed-teen-islamist-attack With tens of thousands expected to attend Vienna’s iconic balls this winter, police have stepped up their presence to minimise risks. https://www.thelocal.at/20250115/austria-on-high-alert-as-vienna-ball-season-begins-amid-security-concerns Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:17:26 +0100 austria-on-high-alert-as-vienna-ball-season-begins-amid-security-concerns Vienna police stepped up their presence at the Austrian capital's Christmas markets on Saturday, after a deadly car-ramming attack in Germany killed five people and wounded more than 200. https://www.thelocal.at/20241221/vienna-police-intensifies-presence-at-christmas-markets Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:17:53 +0100 vienna-police-intensifies-presence-at-christmas-markets Shots were fired near the Nazi Documentation Centre and Israeli Consulate in Munich, resulting in the fatal shooting of an Austrian national who was previously known to authorities for alleged Islamist connections. https://www.thelocal.at/20240905/munich-israeli-consulate-shooter-was-austrian-national-known-to-authorities Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:54:28 +0200 munich-israeli-consulate-shooter-was-austrian-national-known-to-authorities Authorities allege the suspects, aged 16 to 19, spread IS propaganda on social media, leading to house searches and weapon seizures. https://www.thelocal.at/20240827/austria-opens-terror-probe-against-teens-over-sharing-extremist-content Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:51:54 +0200 austria-opens-terror-probe-against-teens-over-sharing-extremist-content Pop megastar Taylor Swift on Wednesday broke her silence about the cancellation of three Vienna concerts over an alleged suicide attack plot, saying the incident filled her with "fear" and "guilt." https://www.thelocal.at/20240822/swift-says-filled-with-fear-guilt-after-vienna-terror-threat Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:44:05 +0200 swift-says-filled-with-fear-guilt-after-vienna-terror-threat After the Taylor Swift concerts were cancelled due to a terror threat, the Frequency Festival is the next major event in Austria. But how safe is it to go? https://www.thelocal.at/20240814/how-safe-is-it-to-visit-austrias-frequency-festival Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:43:54 +0200 how-safe-is-it-to-visit-austrias-frequency-festival Austria on Friday said it had detained a third alleged Islamic State sympathiser over a plot to carry out a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20240809/third-suspect-detained-over-taylor-swift-vienna-concert-plot Fri, 09 Aug 2024 16:27:44 +0200 third-suspect-detained-over-taylor-swift-vienna-concert-plot The three Taylor Swift concerts planned for Vienna were cancelled after an alleged terror plot was foiled. So what happens to the next mega events planned in Austria including sold-out Coldplay concerts in the capital. https://www.thelocal.at/20240808/vienna-terror-threat-what-does-it-mean-for-coldplay-concerts-and-other-big-events Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:47:42 +0200 vienna-terror-threat-what-does-it-mean-for-coldplay-concerts-and-other-big-events Three shows in Vienna by American mega-star Taylor Swift have been cancelled after Austria arrested a man in connection with an Islamist attack plot, the organisers said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20240807/police-foil-terror-plot-against-taylor-swift-show-in-vienna Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:00:35 +0200 police-foil-terror-plot-against-taylor-swift-show-in-vienna Following the March 22nd attack in Moscow’s Crocus City Hall that left over 140 dead, European governments are evaluating the threat of terror attacks. Is Austria a target for fresh terrorist attacks? https://www.thelocal.at/20240328/what-is-the-risk-of-new-terror-attacks-in-austria Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:32:27 +0100 what-is-the-risk-of-new-terror-attacks-in-austria The head of the Vienna police force has addressed the security concerns facing the city in 2024. https://www.thelocal.at/20240116/terrorism-and-protests-what-are-the-security-dangers-in-vienna-this-year Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:36:15 +0100 terrorism-and-protests-what-are-the-security-dangers-in-vienna-this-year A Chechnya-born Austrian national convicted in Britain of spying for a group suspected of planning an attack on an independent Iranian TV station in London was jailed Friday for three-and-a-half years. https://www.thelocal.at/20231223/austrian-jailed-in-uk-over-iran-tv-terror-plot Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:05:02 +0100 austrian-jailed-in-uk-over-iran-tv-terror-plot The teenager was allegedly planning an attack against a synagogue in Vienna, authorities have said. https://www.thelocal.at/20231211/austria-arrests-16-year-old-on-suspicion-of-planning-a-terrorist-attack Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:15:18 +0100 austria-arrests-16-year-old-on-suspicion-of-planning-a-terrorist-attack Five individuals accused of helping Vienna's terrorist attacker in November 2020 will get a partial retrial after the Austrian Supreme Court overturned their convictions. https://www.thelocal.at/20231204/austrias-supreme-court-partly-overturns-terror-attack-convictions Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:38:42 +0100 austrias-supreme-court-partly-overturns-terror-attack-convictions The threat of a terrorist attack has escalated in Austria, leading authorities to increase the alert level to "high". What does that mean for members of the public? https://www.thelocal.at/20231019/how-austrias-newly-raised-terror-alert-affects-the-public Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:56:31 +0200 how-austrias-newly-raised-terror-alert-affects-the-public Around midday Saturday could be a noisy one for people living in Austria, as the country tests its civil defence alarm. https://www.thelocal.at/20231004/austria-to-test-civil-defence-alarm-system-on-saturday Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:16:24 +0200 austria-to-test-civil-defence-alarm-system-on-saturday