Austria's president tasks the Freedom Party with forming a new government after coalition talks collapsed. A significant turnaround in Austrian politics.

VIENNA (AP) — Three parties reached a deal on Thursday to form a new centrist Austrian government, two weeks after a far-right party that won an election in September failed to put together an ...

Austria's political landscape sees a twist as the Conservative party considers a coalition with Social Democrats after ...

The shift in Austria’s policy towards the regulation of online gambling has piqued global interest. The country still retains ...

To the rightist tilt waxing in mainstream European politics there is more going on than Elon Musk’s renewed interest in the affairs of Germany. The endorsement of the AfD party by the world’s richest ...

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as speculation grows that he will ask the Freedom Party leader to form a ...

FPO party leader Herbert Kickl addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Jan. 7, 2025 (AP photo by Heinz-Peter Bader). On a recent trip to Brussels, Austrian interim Chancellor Alexander ...

The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities said Sunday the stabbing of six people that left a 14-year-old boy dead was carried out by a man with possible connections to the Islamic State group who appeared to ...

VIENNA, June 3 (Reuters) - Austria's new provisional government, which will act as a caretaker until an election widely expected in September, was sworn in on Monday and tasked with improving the ...