Austria’s president then asked Mr Stocker to try again with the SPÖ and NEOS. Haunted by the thought of seeing Mr Kickl in ...

Most recently, they ran Austria from 2017 to 2019 in a government in which Kickl — a 56-year-old with a taste for provocation — served as interior minister.

Austria's Freedom Party leader was granted a mandate on Monday to try to form a new government. Why It Matters. This mandate marks the first time Austria's far-right party is being given the ...

Austria’s president last month gave Kickl a mandate to try to form a new government — the first to have been headed by the far right since World War II — after other parties' efforts to put ...

Three mainstream political parties in Austria said on Thursday that they had reached an agreement to form a new government that excludes the far right, ending five months of roller-coaster ...

Austria’s far-right leader Herbert Kickl received a mandate from President Alexander Van der Bellen to form a government, putting the Freedom Party chief one step closer to becoming chancellor.

That’s in part because Austria’s last right-wing government, in power from 2000 to 2007, did try to stop negative coverage.

Austria’s new coalition government, which includes the far-right Freedom Party, was sworn in on Monday as demonstrators protested outside.

A new law allows the government to confiscate — and even sell — the vehicles of those who drive 60 kilometers per hour ... Austria experienced 4.1 road deaths for every 100,000 people in 2022.

When the Freedom Party was in government before, there was an outcry and Austria was subject to sanctions. Critics say the party's anti-migrant, anti-Islam agenda is now considered mainstream.