News Archive for April 2016

Here you can find articles published in April 2016. Return to full archive here

01 April
- Spear of Destiny purloined by masked man
- 'Mothers of courage' expands across Europe
- Austrian etiquette explained to refugees
- Residents call firemen over 'smelly Vienna'
- April Fools' Day: Did The Local manage to trick you?
- Robber gives Austrian police the slip for 8 years
- Highs of 26 degrees in Austria in April
- Vienna taxis protest Uber as 'unfair'
03 April
- Greece struggles with migrant crisis
04 April
- Austrian banks caught up in Panama Papers leak
- Austria to post soldiers at Italian border
- 'Only 3 bombs' in bag joke sparks Vienna airport alarm
- EU: Austria's Schengen closure doesn't violate rules
05 April
- Sisters stabbed to death in broad daylight in Austria
- Austrian officials fail to spot Nazi concert
- 'Germany should reinforce Austria-Italy border'
- Austrian 'Panama Papers' banks to be investigated
- Minsk Group welcomes Caucasus ceasefire
06 April
- Germany may lift border controls
- Austria's smoking culture is '30 year time machine'
- Refugee job platform launches in Austria
- IMF 'no longer necessary' to stabilise Greece
- Boy sued for €20K after stabbing 'friend' in back
07 April
- No minister with headscarf says presidential hopeful
- Austrian bank boss resigns over Panama Papers
- Snack security hired in Vienna after thefts
- Anti-Semitism up by 82 percent in Austria
- Austrian museum returns Nazi plundered artwork
08 April
- 20kg of drugs seized on Vienna underground
- Staff steal entire kitchen from refugee home
- Vienna gang arrested for extorting bar owners
- Tickets on sale for HIV Red Ribbon Concert
- 'Hug a Brit to stop Brexit' Europeans urged
- Five years for Nazi vandalism
09 April
- Mikl-Leitner steps down in job swap
- Austria mulls law to seize Hitler birthplace
10 April
- Austrian tourist missing in Antigua
- Identitarians protest on Graz Greens roof
- Vienna Prater celebrates 250 years as public park
11 April
- Austria's new interior minister to stay tough on migrants
- Jihadi arrested in Austria may be Mumbai bomber
- Drug addict doctor fired from Austrian hospital
- Six fun facts about public transport in Vienna
12 April
- Nazi stolen art pulled from Vienna auction
- Austria raises 'migrant fence' on Italian border
- Use of 'date rape' drugs increases in Austria
- Mysterious painted skull found in Vienna is real
- NGOs slam Austria's asylum law changes
- EU fears Austria may add more border controls
13 April
- Vienna police mistakenly release TV star's photo
- Researchers meet Viennese to discuss life's big questions
- Austrian innovation in the hotel industry
- 2800 asylum seekers sent home from Austria
14 April
- 4600 Austrian jobs 'at risk' from TTIP deal
- 'Standard' drink in Austria is a drinking problem abroad
- 'Italy must stop refugee flow or we’ll shut Brenner pass'
- Plans underway for second refugee protest
- Terror warning over UEFA matches in France
15 April
- 5 practical things Brits abroad can do to keep UK in the EU
- Identitarians storm stage in Vienna during refugee play
- Are Austrian teenagers the most boring in the world?
- Austria's policy 'improving business for smugglers'
- Russian intelligence distort meeting leaks
16 April
- It's a 'spike', not an invasion
17 April
- Austrian tourist found dead on Thai beach
18 April
- Pegida demo in Vienna short on numbers
- Second bomb incident in under a week in Vienna
- Major terrorism trial resumes in Graz
- Wedding guest hospitalised after party trick goes wrong
19 April
- Austria's main parties lag behind in presidential race
- Warnings of 'a second Idomeni' at Brenner pass
- Call for pedestrian phone ban in Austria
- Reports suggest Apple Car will be built in Austria
- Far right criminal activity on the rise in Austria
20 April
- Suspect in American au-pair murder case: ‘I’m innocent’
- Was Freddie Mercury a better singer than Pavarotti?
- Press freedom in Austria under increasing threat
- Machete driver 'forgot' he was holding 60 cm knife
- 'Border controls will stem migrant flow via Italy': Austria
- 3D print of Oetzi the Ice Man revealed
21 April
- Police to deploy 300 officers at Austrian border protest
- Why the Queen should return to Austria after 50 years
- Double murderer kills himself in prison cell
22 April
- Austrian bishop refuses refugee fence on Church land
- Survey: Could Brits in Europe put the brakes on Brexit?
- Austria's answer to Bonnie and Clyde arrested this week
- Ten Vienna flea-markets to visit this weekend
- Tight race likely to upset Austrian power
- Climate scientists forecast droughts, floods, heatwaves
24 April
- FPÖ's Hofer wins 36.7% of vote, runoff likely
- Demonstrators face pepper spray over Brenner pass
25 April
- Teen confesses to gang rape attack in Vienna
- High speed train crash in Austria narrowly avoided
- Austria to begin controls on Italian border in May
- Small earthquake felt around Vienna
- Who is Norbert Hofer, and why does he matter?
- Far-right triumph leaves government reeling
26 April
- Austrian carved swastikas on to his own body say police
- Cafe owner in Vienna bars right wing voters
- What is the role of the President in Austria?
27 April
- Thief with leather fetish steals 50 ladies jackets
- Cafe removes anti-right wing sign after threats
- Former employee accused of Austrian theatre bomb hoax
- Austria votes to reject most migrants and refugees
- Austria prepares to build 400 metre fence on Italian border
28 April
- Weather chaos as Austria hit by April snow
- UN chief slams 'increasingly restrictive' refugee policies
- Austrian extremists scale theatre roof in latest protest
- Austria returns Nazi stolen art to French heirs
- Expats lose bid to scrap 15 year rule for EU referendum
- Tense talks as Italy fumes over Austria migrant 'slap'
- Teen sentenced for ISIS propaganda
- Italy: Border plans 'an enormous mistake'
29 April
- New city map app helps refugees navigate Vienna
- Cat chase ends badly for huge dog stuck in gate
- Austrians are happy folk says laughter survey
- Strache apologizes over 'fake' asylum pic
30 April
- Syrian: How to build bridges between cultures in Austria
- Germany and Austria in talks to extend border controls