The FPO was responding to plans by the governing coalition, comprising the Austrian People’s Party (OVP), the Social ...

STORY: Austria's leadership swung towards the far right on Monday, as its president tasked the leader of the eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party with forming a coalition government. It comes ...

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 ...

VIENNA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Austria's lower house voted on Wednesday in favour of lifting the parliamentary immunity of the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), Herbert Kickl, to let ...

VIENNA — Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Tuesday in his first comments after being tasked to form a new government that he aspires to “govern Austria honestly” as he prepared for talks on ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - He is so abrasive that he has one of Austria's lowest personal approval ratings, but far-right chief Herbert Kickl's strategic cunning helped his party to its first ever national ...

VIENNA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl called on the conservative People's Party (OVP) to be "honest" in their imminent coalition talks or face the ...

VIENNA — 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 ...

Austria headed on Sunday towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after efforts to form a centrist government without the FPO fell apart and prompted Chancellor Karl Nehammer ...

The plan by the far-right Freedom Party to run Austria was halted by a disagreement over who would lead the all-important Interior Ministry. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin An effort ...

VIENNA — Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Tuesday in his first comments after being tasked to form a new government that he aspires to “govern Austria honestly” as he prepared for talks on ...