Putin-friendly, far-right FPO’s imminent rise to power in Austria is a direct consequence of liberal, centrist failings.

A party that advocates an end to economic sanctions against Russia and has called for the “re-migration of uninvited foreigners” could soon give Austria its first government led by the far right since ...

Even so, according to polls, the FPÖ will do still better if snap elections are held. Kronen Zeitung, Austria’s ...

Schallenberg, Austria’s foreign minister and member of the center-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), took over as interim ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria ...

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 ...

During these “trying times and surprising developments,” the EU should “have trust” in the strength of Austria’s democratic ...

The Austrian president's office says Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while ...

Mr Kickl’s political hero is Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader. But unlike Hungarian voters who first voted Mr Orban ...

Known for scripting speeches for Austria’s first successful FPO leader, Jorg Haider, in the 1990s, Kickl now aspires to ...

For years Herbert Kickl was written off by many, including party comrades, as a figure best suited for work behind the scenes. An Eigenbrötler, they joked: someone who bakes their own bread. Now, he ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, seen by many as the most pro-Russia leader of any EU country, hailed “an historic victory” for the Freedom Party after Austria's elections in September.