VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO), which won September's parliamentary election with 29% of the vote, is due to start coalition talks with the conservative People's Party (OVP ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen tasked the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Monday with forming a coalition government after a centrist bid to assemble one ...

The leadership of Austria’s ruling conservatives held a crisis meeting on Sunday to pick a successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who announced his resignation on Saturday as attempts to form a ...

FPO party leader Herbert Kickl addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Jan. 7, 2025 (AP photo by Heinz-Peter Bader). The FPO’s first-place finish in Austria’s elections in September was just ...

Austria's ruling conservatives picked Secretary-General Christian Stocker as interim successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian media reported on Sunday, after Nehammer quit as his attempts to ...

Six decades after it was founded by former Nazis, Austria’s Freedom Party (FPO) is courting Jewish voters, hoping that its anti-Muslim message will resonate with the tiny community and help it ...

Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, waves to supporters, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. (AP Photo/Andreea ...

VIENNA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The three biggest centrist parties in Austria's parliament on signalled on Saturday they were on the verge of agreeing a coalition government, almost five months after an ...

VIENNA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and the conservative People's Party (OVP) denied on Tuesday their talks on forming a coalition government had collapsed after media ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Just months before becoming chancellor of Austria on Monday, Christian Stocker was a party functionary with no ministerial experience, fast approaching retirement age and barely ...