List of Austria articles
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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Heinz-Christian Strache, chairman of the Freedom Party, give a joint press conference in Vienna on Oct. 25. (Helmut Fohringer/AFP/Getty Images) The Battle for Austria’s Right Is a Harbinger for the Rest of Europe
In Vienna, the center-right and populist right are vying for power. All of Europe is watching.
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Sebastian Kurz visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem during his tenure as foreign minister. (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images) Meet the First Millennial to Run a Western Country
Nobody knows if 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz is an establishment conservative or a far-right populist — and that’s why he’ll soon be running Austria.
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hofer-crop Austrian Far-Right Politicians Travel to Moscow to Grease Ties Between Trump, Putin
They reportedly met with Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn in New York last month.
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renzi-crop The Weekend Behind, the Week Ahead: Italians Voted No. Plus, No Neo-Nazis for Austria, and Tweets for Trump.
Here's a quick rundown of top world news you may have missed over the weekend.
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Right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) leader Heinz-Christian Strache, FPOe presidential candidate Norbert Hofer and Ursula Stenzel attend the final election rally ahead of the election in Vienna, Austria, on May 20, 2016. / AFP / APA / HELMUT FOHRINGER / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read HELMUT FOHRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Germany + Nazi Denial = Austria
Europe’s German-speaking countries have everything in common — except honesty about the Third Reich.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 11: Two women wearing Islamic niqab veils stand outside the French Embassy during a demonstration on April 11, 2011 in London, England. France has become the first country in Europe to ban the wearing of the veil and in Paris two women have been detained by police under the new law. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Austrian Supreme Court: If You’re Wearing a Face Veil, You Can’t Communicate
Austria's supreme court ruled that a company boss's refusal to let a woman wear the full face veil at work was constitutional.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA - MAY 22: Norbert Hofer, presidential candidate of the right-wing populist Austrian Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Oesterreichs, or FPOe), greets supporters at the FPOe election party following initial poll results during Austrian presidential elections on May 22, 2016 in Vienna, Austria. The FPOe is facing off against the Austrian Green Party and its presidential candidate, Alexander Van der Bellen. The FPOe's recent success is part of a larger trend across Europe in which right-wing parties have gained ground, in part due to public unease over the large influx of refugees and migrants over the past year and a half. (Photo by Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images) Austria’s Far-Right May Live to See Another Day
Austria's far-right won a case that will allow them to contest the results of last month's presidential election.
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An election campaign poster of presidential candidate Norbert Hofer from the Freedom Party of Austria (FPOE) is seen in Vienna, Austria on April 19, 2016. Some 6,3 million Austrians are eligible to vote in presidential elections to take place on April 24, 2016. Candidates from Austria's two main parties look set for defeat in the elections, with polls suggesting they are lagging behind the three frontrunners, including a far-right contender. / AFP / JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images) A Putsch With a Pretty Face
Austria’s likely next president is a handsome, soft-spoken former engineer. He’s also a far-right, racist, xenophobe.
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Screen Shot 2016-02-10 at 10.33.51 AM Remembering war, angrily: Australians ban British from battle commemoration
The Australians have banned British descendants from attending a ceremony for the dead at the Battle of Fromelles, of July 1916.
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GettyImages-52596077_960 Austria Out-Eats America, but America Is Still Fatter
The onetime heavyweight champ has been ousted.
