The Local Austria 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 Switzerland adds US and parts of Austria and Italy to mandatory quarantine list Swiss health officials included more ‘high risk’ countries on in its list on Friday. The new rule will come into force on December 14th. https://www.thelocal.at/20201204/switzerland-adds-11-countries-including-usa-to-its-mandatory-quarantine-list Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:36:12 +0100 switzerland-adds-11-countries-including-usa-to-its-mandatory-quarantine-list UPDATE: EU agrees to reopen borders to 15 countries but excludes US from safe travel list EU countries have finally agreed to reopen their external borders on July 1st to visitors from 15 countries but American tourists will still not be allowed to travel to Europe because the US is still considered a risk due to the high number of Covid-19 cases. https://www.thelocal.at/20200629/eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:17:02 +0200 eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us Europeans harden views towards US and EU after pandemic "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.at/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu American tourists could be barred from Europe when borders reopen American travellers look set to be denied entry to the EU when the bloc reopens its borders on July 1st, according to reports. While those from Australia and New Zealand will likely to be allowed to return. https://www.thelocal.at/20200623/will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:28:46 +0200 will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe Austrian wants to swap Detroit home for iPhone An Austrian man who bought a house in the bankrupt US city Detroit has said he is willing to trade his property for an iPhone 6 after failing to sell it. https://www.thelocal.at/20141008/austrian-wants-to-swap-detroit-home-for-iphone Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:10:00 +0200 austrian-wants-to-swap-detroit-home-for-iphone