At a beer-fueled meeting of Austria's far-right Freedom Party this week, members of parliament referred to Afghan refugees as “knife-wielding sex offenders” and to the EU's “repression of speech”, hidden camera footage has revealed.

Austrian politics has taken a turn, potentially to the far-right, that could usher the far-right Freedom Party (FPO)

Elon Musk may steal headlines with his zeal for Germany’s AfD party, but sentiments are shifting well beyond Berlin.

Austrian negotiators trying to form a nationalist-conservative government will target €6.3 billion ($6.4 billion) in immediate budget spending cuts to avoid being reprimanded by the European Union.

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

Both have said their inspiration is Denmark, but Denmark has an opt-out from EU asylum policy, which Austria does not. In 2022, Denmark agreed with Rwanda to explore setting up a system under which asylum seekers arriving in Denmark could be transferred there.

Austrian farmers demonstrated Thursday in Vienna against the South American Mercosur free trade agreement. A mountain of paper was symbolically unloaded in front of parliament during the protest that was organized by the Independent Farmers' Association of Austria (UBV).

Herbert Kickl, who now has good chances of becoming Austria's next chancellor, has radicalized the FPÖ in recent years. He seems to enjoy his role as the ultimate evil.

Buoyed by the endorsement of Elon Musk and enjoying new highs in the polls ahead of elections in February, Germany's far-right AfD is hoping for a further boost from the success of the far right in neighbouring Austria.

Talks to form a coalition government led by Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) will begin on Friday, the party said on Thursday, as thousands protested in Vienna against the prospect of the country's first FPO-led government.

Tens of thousands of people protested across Austria on Thursday against the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe)'s possible return to power after it was tasked with trying to form a government.

Austria's far-right party said on Monday it had agreed with the conservatives on a roadmap to shrink the country's budget deficit in order to comply with European Union spending rules.