The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream.

The rise of the populist right in European elections continues as Herbert Kickl, the controversial leader of the ...

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) with forming a government. Van der Bellen made the announcement at a press conference in ...

Austria's centrist parties may come to their senses and try a second round of coalition talks, or form a minority government.

The leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Austria, founded by former Nazis in the 1950s, was expected to be asked to enter into talks to form a new government. By Christopher F.

If he comes to power, sharp-tongued, far-right leader Herbert Kickl will be contemporary Austria's most controversial ...

Tens of thousands of people protested across Austria on Thursday against the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe)'s possible return to power after it was tasked with trying to form a government.

Austria looks set to get it's first far-right chancellor with the Freedom Party taking control of the next government. As a ...

Austria’s Freedom Party, which is starting talks to lead the government, opposes sanctions on Russia and the EU’s support for Ukraine.

Kickl said he's prepared for new elections if they fail. His Russia-friendly, anti-immigration, euroskeptic Freedom Party won Austria's parliamentary election in September but was initially shunned by ...

The Austrian president has asked Herbert Kickl, the leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party, to form a new ruling coalition in what could yield the first far-right-led government in Austria ...

Mr Kickl’s political hero is Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader. But unlike Hungarian voters who first voted Mr Orban in, few Austrian voters seem enamoured with Mr Kickl. Only 2% of FPÖ voters ...