Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has asked the leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) to form a new ruling coalition in what could yield the first far-right-led government in ...

Most recently, the economy shrank by 0.1% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2024, revised downwards from an initial ...

Austria's conservatives said Sunday they were ready to start negotiations with the far-right Freedom party (FPOe) to form a new government, a policy U-turn after coalition talks with two centrist ...

President Alexander Van der Bellen’s office said in a statement that the head of state will formally task Schallenberg with “continuing the management of the chancellery and leading the interim govern ...

Nehammer has announced his intention to resign after coalition ... In its election program titled “Fortress Austria,” the Freedom Party calls for “remigration of uninvited foreigners,” for achieving a ...

Nehammer has described him as a “security risk ... “Our country was driven into the wall in the past five years,” Kickl said, pointing in particular to Austria's large budget deficit and what he said ...

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been entrusted to lead the country in the interim as negotiations to form the country's new leading coalition continue. #EuropeNews ...

Austria headed on Sunday towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after efforts to form a centrist ...

Austria's far-right and conservative parties have previously shared power but always with the Freedom Party in a junior role.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer Austrian People's Party on his way to the presidential chancellery. Nehammer resigns from the government. Tobias Steinmaurer/APA/dpa I was in the packed hall at ...

Talks to form a coalition government led by Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) will begin on Friday, the party said on ...