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

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

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 ...

Putin-friendly, far-right FPO’s imminent rise to power in Austria is a direct consequence of liberal, centrist failings.

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has asked the leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) to form a new ruling coalition in what could yield the first far-right-led government in ...

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 ...

Austrian far right leader Herbert Kickl outlined key conditions for coalition negotiations with the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) on Tuesday, stating that the ÖVP must share his ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Tuesday in his first comments after being tasked to form a new government that he aspires to “govern Austria honestly” as he prepared for ...

VIENNA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - He is so abrasive that he has one of Austria's lowest personal approval ratings, but far-right chief Herbert Kickl's strategic cunning helped his party to its first ever ...

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, ...

Four months after its election victory, Austria’s hard Right is about to lead a government for the first time since 1945.