The leader of the anti-immigration, pro-Russia Freedom Party has been given the chance to try to form a government after months of coalition talks among mainstream parties collapsed.

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

With Herbert Kickl in pole position to become chancellor of Austria ... Kickl, who would become Austria’s first far-right leader since World War II, has made no secret of admiring Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and is likely to follow a similar ...

Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective coalition partners say they have reached an agreement to bring down the budget deficit

As Vienna prepares to select its first far-right chancellor since World War II, the impact of political changes in Austria are being felt in

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 government in Austria since World War Two.

Austria's far-right and conservative parties have previously shared power but always with the Freedom Party in a junior role.

Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective coalition ... step toward what would be the country's first post-World War II government led by the far right. Kickl, whose Freedom ...

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.

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.