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Explainer-Challenges Austria's far right faces in coalition talks
VIENNA - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO), which won September's parliamentary election with 29% of the vote, is due to start...
Jan 173 min read


Austria to support Syrians wanting to return after Assad's fall, Nehammer says
BERLIN - Austria will support Syrians who want to return now that rebels have seized Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad has fled,...
Dec 10, 20241 min read


Austria says Russia to cut off gas from Saturday
LONDON/VIENNA - Russia told Austria on Friday it will suspend gas deliveries via Ukraine on Saturday, in a development that signals a...
Nov 17, 20243 min read


Austria's president takes charge as far right isolated after election victory
VIENNA - The far-right Freedom Party's historic victory in an Austrian parliamentary election has left it isolated and partly at the...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Austrian far right seeks path to power through rivals' blockade
VIENNA - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) must on Monday seek to clear a path to power after its first ever parliamentary election...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Austria's rightward shift puts immigration in crosshairs
VIENNA - Picknicking with friends in the park after prayers at a Vienna mosque, Saima Arab, a 20-year-old pedicurist originally from...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Factbox-Austria election: An overview of political parties' immigration policies
Austria's far-right Freedom Party won on Sunday a parliamentary election for the first time after a campaign that leant heavily into...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Far right wins Austria election, boosting European right-wing surge
VIENNA - Austrian voters handed a first-ever general election victory to the far-right Freedom Party on Sunday, preliminary results...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Explainer-Austria's far-right Freedom Party wins election, but will it govern?
VIENNA - The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) led by Herbert Kickl won Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday, initial projections...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Explainer-What government will emerge in Austria after the election?
VIENNA - Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday is a tight race between the ruling conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP) and the...
Sep 28, 20243 min read


Austria's polarising far-right leader bids to become chancellor
VIENNA - He is abrasive, provocative and has one of the lowest approval ratings among top Austrian politicians, but far-right leader...
Sep 26, 20243 min read


Factbox-Austrian political parties' plans for the economy
VIENNA - Austria holds a general election on Sunday with the next government facing an economy poised to contract for a second year...
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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