https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In this week's podcast we look at how Austria's government could soon include an ex-Nazi party. How right wing could it get? https://www.thelocal.se/20171020/listen-austria-venice-referendum-france-weinstein Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:51:29 +0200 listen-austria-venice-referendum-france-weinstein Austria's hard-right Freedom Party has a shot at sharing power after elections on Sunday, having narrowly lost out in a presidential vote last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20171014/how-far-right-parties-are-faring-across-europe Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:59:53 +0200 how-far-right-parties-are-faring-across-europe Home to 8.5 million people, Austria is an oft-overlooked nexus of culture, cake and music. Now, The Local is ready to shine a light on events at the centre of Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20140513/the-local-launches-in-austria Tue, 13 May 2014 16:55:00 +0200 the-local-launches-in-austria An early goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic was enough to help Sweden slip past hosts Kazakhstan on Tuesday night in a World Cup qualifier that saw two records broken. https://www.thelocal.se/20130911/50178 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:29:00 +0200 50178 A 58-year-old Swedish-born hotel owner in Austria said skills acquired during Swedish military training helped him survive after he was trapped for four days in the lift of his abandoned hotel without food, water or central heating. https://www.thelocal.se/20130420/47454 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:32:00 +0200 47454 The news about the opening of the Austrian International School of Sex (AISOS), which spread like wild-fire through the international media, was staged by Swedish advertising agency Studio Total. https://www.thelocal.se/20120111/38438 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:18:00 +0100 38438 A skiing trip turned bad has led to a Swedish woman being charged in Austria for seriously injuring another woman who claims the Swede pushed her off a lift. https://www.thelocal.se/20111217/37998 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:47:00 +0100 37998 A Swedish artist recently named as head of “the world’s first international sex school” in Austria has admitted the project was an elaborate hoax. https://www.thelocal.se/20111213/37902 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:45:00 +0100 37902 The Swedish foreign ministry has confirmed the death of a Swedish man in a skiing accident in St. Anton, Austria. https://www.thelocal.se/20110206/31862 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:24:00 +0100 31862 A Swedish prosecutor investigating the rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied speculation from one of his lawyers Sunday that the case is politically motivated. https://www.thelocal.se/20101206/30628 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:55:00 +0100 30628 Sweden's Per Olov Enquist, a prolific writer of historical novels and one of the country's most famous authors, was awarded Austria's State Prize for European Literature late on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100726/27998 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:17:00 +0200 27998 Returning mum Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek and last year's number one Helena Jonsson finished top of the pile in Friday's World Cup sprint event at Hochfilzen in Austria. https://www.thelocal.se/20091211/23804 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:42:00 +0100 23804 Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf will visit Vienna on Tuesday, officials said, where his French ancestor was forced out in 1798 by residents incensed over his raising of the French revolutionary flag. https://www.thelocal.se/20071119/9143 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:38:00 +0100 9143 Avalanches killed two Swedes and in the Austrian Alps on Wednesday, local police have said. https://www.thelocal.se/20070214/6407 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:21:00 +0100 6407 A Swedish woman was injured on Friday when an avalanche struck in the Austrian Alps. https://www.thelocal.se/20070105/6002 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:39:00 +0100 6002 A 24-year old Swedish man who became trapped under an avalanche in St. Anton, Austria, on Saturday, died in hospital in Innsbruck on Sunday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20060305/3199-2 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:17:00 +0100 3199-2