Born in Prague and deceased in Vienna, the wars of the second half of the 19th century in Europe marked her literary work and made her an icon of the peace movement. Around International Women’s Day, ...

While the Swiss Alps have earned their reputation for high costs, these four regions offer the same mountain views, walkable villages, and quality healthcare at half the cost of U.S. mountain towns.

By GHK Lall A German glanced at Czechoslovakia and got ideas. He was Austrian, really. Austrian or artificial German, he ...

My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing), in 30 hours, French in 30 ...

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When foreign parents settle in Austria, language is often one of their main concerns. How can children be raised to grow up speaking multiple languages? Here’s what The Local’s readers had to say.

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Language learning is deeply personal—but some languages are, objectively, more accessible to native English speakers than others. Factors like shared roots, familiar grammar rules, a common writing ...

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