Tag: Austria

Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his Austrian People’s Party (OVP) received about 37 per cent of yesterday’s vote, far…

Austrian MPs have rejected the European Union-Mercosur trade deal, putting the fate of the agreement in doubt. Several EU member…

Austria has issued an international arrest warrant for a Russian on suspicion of espionage and working for Russia’s notorious GRU…

The European Court of Justice ruling against Germany’s plans to introduce a highway toll has reopened the debate about a…

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has picked the country’s first female chancellor, Brigitte Bierlein (pictured), to take over from…

Disgraced former Austrian vice chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache says he will sue three people he blames for the Ibiza video.  He…

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has sworn in a new government of technocrats led by the embattled chancellor, Sebastian…

With European elections being held between Thursday and Sunday this week, Europe’s leaders said the Austrian corruption scandal showed that…

Austrian Prime Minister Sebastien Kurz has condemned a racist poem published by his extremist coalition partners, the Austrian Freedom Party…

Austria’s right-wing government says it will not tolerate “dangerous ideologies” and that it is considering disbanding the far-right Identitarian Movement…

The oldest daughter of Kazakhstan’s autocratic president was picked as parliamentary Speaker this week, fuelling speculation that she could succeed…

Austria has launched a probe into an army colonel suspected of spying for Russia over decades.   Chancellor Sebastian Kurz,…

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Bucharest after more than 450 people were hurt and about 30 arrested…

Learner drivers in Austria will no longer be able to take their theory test in Turkish in an apparent cost-saving…

Austria has carried out a large-scale exercise on its southern border with Slovenia over fears of a repeat of the…