The EU’s strategy to deal with the far-right Freedom Party heading for power in Vienna is … hope for the best.

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

Mr Kickl’s political hero is Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader. But unlike Hungarian voters who first voted Mr Orban ...

The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), currently negotiating a coalition ...

Herbert Kickl, who now has good chances of becoming Austria's next chancellor, has radicalized the FPÖ in recent years. He ...

For years Herbert Kickl was written off by many, including party comrades, as a figure best suited for work behind the scenes. An Eigenbrötler, they joked: someone who bakes their own bread. Now, he ...

Herbert Kickl on his way out of Vienna's Hofburg Palace following talks with Austria's president, Alexander Van der Bellen, ...

Austrian politics has taken a turn, potentially to the far-right, that could usher the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) ...

Even so, according to polls, the FPÖ will do still better if snap elections are held. Kronen Zeitung, Austria’s ...

Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective coalition partners say they have reached an agreement to bring ...

Herbert Kickl, the controversial leader of Austria’s far-right FPÖ, is within reach of becoming the country’s first far-right chancellor. As the FPÖ negotiates a coalition with the conservatives, ...

Ever since Herbert Kickl's far-right Freedom Party edged a win in September's legislative elections with 29% of the vote, Austria's centrist politicians have tried to block Kickl from becoming ...