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

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

Austria’s president, was meeting Herbert Kickl, the leader of the hard-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), to ask him to try to form Austria’s next government. Mr Van der Bellen, a former leader of ...

For years Herbert Kickl was written off by many ... Born in 1968 to a blue collar family in southern Austria, Kickl’s early fortunes owed much to the social welfare state built by the then ...

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

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 ...

The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F.

The rise of the populist right in European elections continues as Herbert Kickl, the controversial leader of the populist-nationalist Freedom Party (FPÖ) appears on course to become Austria’s new ...

Austria's centrist parties may come to their senses and try a second round of coalition talks, or form a minority government.

During these “trying times and surprising developments,” the EU should “have trust” in the strength of Austria’s democratic institutions. He added that the rule of law, separation of powers, ...

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 ...

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party, which was founded by former Nazis, has been given a mandate to form a governing coalition, positioning it to lead the country for the first time since World ...