A lawmaker from the far-right Freedom Party has been elected as the new speaker of Austria’s parliament, weeks after the ...

The appointment comes after the Freedom Party won the most seats in September's election. Austrian parliamentarians ... of the new National Assembly — Austria's lower house — saw Rosenkranz ...

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has tasked Chancellor Karl Nehammer, leader of the conservative People’s Party (OVP), with forming a government over the objections of the far-right ...

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 ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austria's president on Wednesday asked the country's three strongest political parties to hold talks on possible cooperation after an election won by the far-right Freedom Party ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austria's president on Tuesday ... only go into government with him as chancellor. The Freedom Party finished first in the election with 28.8% of the vote, ahead of Nehammer ...

While the Freedom Party finished first in September’s election with 29% of the vote, it’s still far short of forming a majority in Austria’s consensus-based political system.

As outlined in its election platform “Fortress Austria,” the Freedom Party seeks the “remigration of uninvited foreigners,” opposes the European Union’s sanctions on Russia, rejects ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austria's president on Tuesday tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom ...