Austrian national council official due in Cyprus
The Third President of the National Council of Austria Norbert Hofer is due in Cyprus on Tuesday. Hofer will meet House Speaker Demetris Syllouris and...
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Austrians roundly reject far right in presidential election
Austrian voters roundly rejected on Sunday a candidate vying to become the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since World War Two,...
Austrian election re-run comes unstuck in postal ballot setback (Update 2)
Austria on Monday delayed a re-run of a presidential election as faulty glue on postal ballots scuppered its second attempt to organise a ballot that...
Far-right candidate ahead in polls to win Austrian presidency
The far right is ahead in Austria’s presidential race, according to opinion polls which predict a win for the anti-immigration candidate that would be a...
Austria to re-run presidential vote on October 2 in shadow of Brexit
Austria will re-run a presidential election run-off on October 2, giving far-right eurosceptic candidate Norbert Hofer the chance to reverse a wafer-thin defeat, this time...
Austrian presidential election must be re-run, court rules (Update 2)
Austria‘s presidential election runoff must be held again, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday, handing the Freedom Party’s narrowly defeated candidate another chance to become...
Austrian far-right FPO challenges presidential election result
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has challenged the result of last month’s presidential elections, the constitutional court said on Twitter on Wednesday. Postal ballots pushed...
Far-right candidate defeated in Austrian presidential vote
Austria has elected a 72-year-old former leader of the Greens party to be its next president, narrowly avoiding becoming the first country in the European...
Austrian presidential run-off including far-right on knife-edge
Austria’s presidential election was too close to call on Sunday, meaning postal ballots were set to determine whether a eurosceptic anti-immigration candidate would become the...
Austria far right freezes out coalition in presidency race
Austria’s far right won more than a third of the vote in the presidential election on Sunday and will face an independent in next month’s...
