First time since World War II: ... won 29.2 per cent of the vote, overtaking Chancellor Karl Nehammer's Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which came in second with 26.5 per cent.

The Freedom Party on Sunday secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria. But political rivals have said they won’t work with the party's leader.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the Peoples Party (OeVP) attends his final election rally in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader) Expand ...

VIENNA (AP) — The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds.

The Freedom Party, led by Herbert Kickl, won Austria’s parliamentary election in September, beating outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s conservative Austrian People’s Party.

Austria is famously neutral and Vienna has come under heavy criticism since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war for maintaining ties with Moscow.

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 ...

Karl Nehammer, the chancellor and head of the conservative Austrian People’s Party, which finished in second place with 26.5 percent, was tasked first by President Van der Bellen with trying to ...

The Freedom Party secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria ... with 29.2% of the vote and Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People ...

The Freedom Party secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria ... with 29.2% of the vote and Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People ...