Austria's new center-right and far-right coalition government this week proposed giving citizenship to the predominantly German-speaking Italians in the region known as South Tyrol... READ MORE›
A pro-European direction of the future government is central, Mr. Van der Bellen said in a statement announcing his approval of the coalition agreement on Saturday... READ MORE›
The Freedom party will control key posts in the new government, including the interior and defence ministries... READ MORE›
Thousands of protesters rallied in central Vienna against Austria's new coalition government of conservatives and far right, during its swearing-in... READ MORE›
Strache's electoral success shows that the future is of a Europe of peoples, Le Pen said... READ MORE›
Strache's electoral success shows that the future is of a Europe of peoples, Le Pen said... READ MORE›
The agreement reached by Sebastian Kurz's People's Party OeVP and the FPOe sets Kurz, 31, up to become chancellor and also the world's youngest leader... READ MORE›
The last time the FPOe entered government, in 2000 under the late controversial leader Joerg Haider, Austria was briefly ostracized within the European Union... READ MORE›
Factbox Key policies of Austria's conservative far-right coalition... READ MORE›
Baumgarten is a key hub for imported Russian gas, which is sent on to a number of European countries... READ MORE›
Either way, Strache's ability to influence the location of the Austrian Embassy in Israel may be limited... READ MORE›
Austrian financial adviser Ernst Eigner is ugly and scary -- but only in his Krampus costume with red glowing eyes and horns to frighten naughty children... READ MORE›
The populist far right last entered an Austrian federal government in 2000 and currently rules in coalition with centrists in two of the country's provinces... READ MORE›
By Alois Stoger and Nicolas Schmit Although the European Union is in the midst of an economic recovery, long-term unemployment - joblessness and job-seeking that... READ MORE›
Two cubs of critically endangered Malayan tigers lie in their enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on Nov. 14, 2017... READ MORE›
At least 3,000 people formed a chain of light in Vienna on Wednesday to protest against the formation of a government that includes the far-right Freedom Party... READ MORE›
Powerful storms have battered central and northern Europe over the weekend with at least six people dead in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic... READ MORE›
Austrian police are searching for a 66-year-old man suspected of shooting dead two neighbors and wounding a third before escaping in a white Volkswagen van... READ MORE›
To form a government, OVP needs to build a coalition with SPO or the Freedom Party... READ MORE›
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In a challenge to the European Union, hard-right parties are surging by confronting the neoliberal consensus on opening borders to trade and immigration... READ MORE›
Austria's Sebastian Kurz The man set to be the world's youngest leader... READ MORE›
People's Party top polls in election making Kurz likely to become chancellor -- and Europe's youngest leader... READ MORE›
Heinz-Christian Strache, the far-Right leader who emerged as 'kingmaker' in Austria's election, was greeted with a Hitler salute when he cast his own vote on Sunday... READ MORE›
Sebastian Kurz is set to become the world's youngest national leader with his People's Party OVP on course to win Austria's snap general election... READ MORE›
After a Social Democratic-People's Party coalition was formed four years ago, Kurz, then 27, became Austria's foreign minister -- the youngest top diplomat in Europe... READ MORE›
Early projections showed the center-right People's Party OVP, led by Sebastian Kurz, had won the most votes in Austria, with about 31 percent... READ MORE›
It is highly unlikely, however, that the Social Democrats would ally with the FPO if the SPO came third... READ MORE›
Both the People's Party and the Freedom Party have called for securing Austria's borders and quickly deporting asylum-seekers whose requests are denied... READ MORE›
One of the most likely results, according to polls, is a coalition between the right-wing populist Freedom party and the center-right OVP party... READ MORE›
Far-right candidate Norbert Hofer admits he has lost Austria's presidential election... READ MORE›
Alexander Van der Bellen defeated right-wing populist Norbert Hofer in Sunday's election... READ MORE›
Austria has one of the most restrictive labour markets in Europe and this has not fundamentally been changed... READ MORE›
Austria's coalition government has announced plans to ban full-face veils in public and to restrict eastern European workers' access to the country's labour market... READ MORE›
Muslim groups have condemned the law, saying just a tiny minority of Austrian Muslims wear full-face veils... READ MORE›
Cuba has come up with an unusual way to repay its multimillion dollar debt to the Czech Republic... READ MORE›
Activists and experts have condemned a law implemented in Austria on Sunday prohibiting the face veil as counterproductive and as an attack on religious freedom ... READ MORE›
Zweig began to write The World of Yesterday after leaving Austria in 1934, anticipating the Nazification of his homeland... READ MORE›
If the entire debt were repaid in rum, the Czechs would have enough rum for 130 years at this pace... READ MORE›
A Czech nuclear power station seemed to focus more on looks than qualifications to hire interns, using a swimsuit contest on Facebook... READ MORE›
The Austrian vote was a replay of elections in May, in which Hofer narrowly lost by 31,000 votes... READ MORE›
Buffeted by the European Union's slow-moving economy, many young people save money by still living with their parents... READ MORE›
Austrias Far Right Sees a Prize Within Reach The Presidency... READ MORE›
The USTA extends a sincere apology to the German Fed Cup team fans 4 the outdated National Anthem... READ MORE›
The sigh of relief that followed Alexander Van der Bellen's victory in Austria's rerun presidential election on Sunday could be heard all over Europe... READ MORE›
The Islamic Religious Authority of Austria calls it an infringement on privacy, religious freedom and freedom of opinion... READ MORE›
Vienna Muslim women in Austria were forced by police to remove their facial coverings on Monday, as an anti-burqa law came into effect... READ MORE›
He will become the world's youngest leader, ahead of North Korea's 34-year-old Kim Jong-un, and France's Emmanuel Macron, who is 39... READ MORE›
A rerun of Austria's presidential election is set to be postponed because the glue on postal votes is not sticking, the interior minister has said... READ MORE›
It is as if Hofer -- from the nationalist, right-wing Freedom Party -- is reading from the same winning playbook as President-elect Donald Trump... READ MORE›
A Palestinian is sentenced to life in jail in Austria for killing 20 unarmed Syrian soldiers in Homs... READ MORE›
For one thing, most Austrians still refer to the new law as a burqa ban, despite officials' efforts to forestall such shorthand... READ MORE›
While mail-in ballots will only be counted on Monday, Van der Bellen's margin of victory was too great to change the outcome, and Hofer conceded defeat... READ MORE›
Almost a fifth of participants from five European countries would not want to have a Muslim as a neighbour, a recent study found... READ MORE›
For me it could be important to help build a friendship between Russia and Washington, he said... READ MORE›
Facebook has been forced to block posts targeting Eva Glawischnig, chairwoman of Austria's Green Party, that appeared to have been spread via a fake profile... READ MORE›
A quick-thinking French tourist has been praised for preventing a bus from plunging over a cliff in the Austrian Alps after the driver passed out... READ MORE›
Sebastian Kurz says his country is overspending on refugees and migrants, but his German counterpart dismisses proposal... READ MORE›
Austrian police have arrested 14 people in anti-terrorist raids conducted in Vienna and Graz, the country's APA news agency reports, citing officials... READ MORE›
Austria's far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer has said he would push for a referendum on EU membership, if the EU became more centralised after Brexit... READ MORE›
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