Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz poses with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ahead of a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2017... 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›
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›
Austria's conservative People's Party OVP and the far-right Freedom Party FPO reached a coalition deal on Friday, conservative leader Sebastian Kurz said... READ MORE›
Head of the Freedom Party FPOe Heinz-Christian Strache L and head of the People's Party OeVP Sebastian Kurz leave a news conference in Vienna, Austria, December 15, 2017... READ MORE›
It has yet to be decided with whom we want to start negotiations... READ MORE›
After the election victory of the centre-right OVP on Sunday in Austria, experts are trying to work out what kind of government can be formed... READ MORE›
Sebastian Kurz, the 31-year-old leader of the conservative Austrian People's Party OVP, looks set to become the world's youngest head of government after Sunday's elections... READ MORE›
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Austria's far-right is on course to take a place in the country's government after a strong showing in Sunday's parliamentary elections... READ MORE›
Sebastian Kurz will be Austria youngest leader in history... READ MORE›
People's Party top polls in election making Kurz likely to become chancellor -- and Europe's youngest leader... READ MORE›
The head of Austria's conservative People's Party Sebastian Kurz is on track to become the world's youngest leader. Projections in the country's general election showed... READ MORE›
Another projection by pollster ARGE Wahlen had the Social Democrats just 0.5 percentage points ahead of the FPO... READ MORE›
The president is expected to tap Mr. Kurz to form a government once the results are finalized later this week, after absentee ballots are counted... 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›
Kurz, named party leader only in May, called an end to the current alliance with the Social Democrats, forcing Sunday's snap election... READ MORE›
It is so far unclear whether the Social Democrats or the far-right Freedom Party will finish second... READ MORE›
The latest forecasts showed centre-right OVP holding onto first place, winning 31.5 percent of Sunday's vote... READ MORE›
Pedestrians pass campaign posters for Sebastian Kurz of the People's Party and Christian Kern of the Social Democratic Party in Vienna... 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›
Austrians were voting Sunday in a snap election tipped to see conservative Sebastian Kurz, 31, become the EU's youngest leader and form an alliance with th... 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›
He says he wants to shake up Austrian politics, which for decades has been dominated by a coalition between his party and the Social Democrats... READ MORE›
At 30, Kurz took control of the People's Party, the fusty center-right party that had long lagged in the polls... 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›
So we shouldn't pretend that only Italy and Greece are affected, he said in an interview with public broadcaster ORF... READ MORE›
Foreign minister Sebastian Kurz has defended a new Austrian law which restricts foreign funding for Austrian mosques and Islamic communities... READ MORE›
Austria's foreign minister has accused the European Union of acting like a human trafficker by ushering refugees straight to the centre of the continent... READ MORE›
Austria's foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, called on Italy Thursday to stop migrants from reaching the mainland by halting the ferry services from the isl... READ MORE›
Who starts at school needs to understand the teaching language, the party chief said, echoing demands from the far-right Freedom Party... READ MORE›
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