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Austria's far-right Freedom Party has launched a court challenge of presidential election results that saw their candidate lose by just 0.6 per cent once postal votes were counted. Nobert Hofer was ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) Norbert Hofer stepped down on Tuesday but pointedly did not back his high-profile deputy and rival Herbert Kickl to succeed him ...

VIENNA, May 18 (Reuters) - Norbert Hofer, proposed to replace scandal-tainted Heinz-Christian Strache as leader of Austria's Freedom Party, is the country's transport minister who nearly became ...

VIENNA — Europe was caught off-guard by the recent political upheaval in Austria, where a far-right surge in the first round of presidential elections was followed by the sudden resignation of ...