In this week’s Inside Austria we look at the political scandal that has led to a centre-left political resignation, another ...

Prosecutors are seeking to lift the immunity of the far-right leader in Austria to investigate him for allegedly giving false testimony, a parliament spokesman said on Thursday.

Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party ...

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Austrian prosecutors have requested parliament to lift far-right leader Herbert Kickl's immunity due to perjury allegations. The Central Prosecutors’ Office for Economic Crimes and Corruption cannot ...

The far-right Freedom Party was blocked in Austria as on Tuesday Austria's president asked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer to form a new government. All other parties refused to work with the ...

As such, Austria is a perfect example of the dangerous shortsightedness of normalising far-right parties — a process led in the 21st century by, above all, conservative parties. Herbert Kickl ...

In a statement on Facebook, Herbert Kickl said that the President had broken with the “tried and tested normal processes” of Austria’s republic, by not entrusting the winner of the election ...

In February 2018, when Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl was interior minister, several foreign intelligence services cut ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s president on Tuesday tasked ... it wouldn’t work with the Freedom Party under its leader, Herbert Kickl. The other three parties in the new parliament said they ...

Ever since Austria held elections last month, the prospect of the country's first far-right led government since the end of World War II has raised concern among its allies VIENNA -- Tens of ...