The forecast after the closing of the last polling stations in the capital, Vienna, pointed to the victory for the FPÖ, with more than 29 percent of the votes. The conservative Austrian People’s Party ...

FILE - Austrian Chancellor and Head of the Austrian People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer (L) stands next to OeVP general secretary Christian Stocker during their election rally in Vienna, Sept. 27 ...

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

Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria poses with supporters, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. Heinz-Peter Bader/AP ...

Austria goes to the polls this Sunday, with the populist, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPÖ) tipped to emerge as the winner, in what would mark another gain for the far right in Europe.. Unlike ...

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Austria's conservative-led government said on Thursday it had carried out its first deportation of a Syrian back to their home country in almost 15 years, making it the first European Union country to ...

Kickl's party won 28.9% of the vote according to official tallies - almost three points ahead of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) on 26.3%, but far short of a majority.