After several rounds of exploratory talks, Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced the preliminary decision to form a coalition ...

Austria’s centrist parties are entering formal negotiations on a three-way government coalition with the aim of broad-ranging ...

In this week’s Inside Austria we look at the political scandal that has led to a centre-left political resignation, another ...

Prosecutors are seeking to lift the immunity of the far-right leader in Austria to investigate him for allegedly giving false testimony, a parliament spokesman said on Thursday.

Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party ...

In February 2018, when Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl was interior minister, several foreign intelligence services cut ...

Austrian prosecutors have requested parliament to lift far-right leader Herbert Kickl's immunity due to perjury allegations. The Central Prosecutors’ Office for Economic Crimes and Corruption cannot ...

The far-right Freedom Party was blocked in Austria as on Tuesday Austria's president asked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer to form a new government. All other parties refused to work with the ...

As such, Austria is a perfect example of the dangerous shortsightedness of normalising far-right parties — a process led in the 21st century by, above all, conservative parties. Herbert Kickl ...

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Ever since Austria held elections last month, the prospect of the country's first far-right led government since the end of World War II has raised concern among its allies VIENNA -- Tens of ...