https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Austria's far-right party on Saturday formally elected Norbert Hofer to lead it into national elections later this month. https://www.thelocal.at/20190915/austrias-far-right-party-elects-leader-ahead-of-polls Sun, 15 Sep 2019 11:55:24 +0200 austrias-far-right-party-elects-leader-ahead-of-polls Norbert Hofer, who is expected to be formally elected on Saturday to lead Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) into national elections, has gained a reputation as the party's friendly face in contrast to some of its firebrands. https://www.thelocal.at/20190914/norbert-hofer-new-friendly-face-of-austrias-far-right Sat, 14 Sep 2019 13:03:14 +0200 norbert-hofer-new-friendly-face-of-austrias-far-right Austria's far-right Freedom Party said it has struck a "cooperation pact" with the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is courting populist movements across Europe in an anti-EU campaign. https://www.thelocal.at/20161219/austrian-far-right-freedom-party-signs-moscow-pact Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:41:22 +0100 austrian-far-right-freedom-party-signs-moscow-pact The head of Austria's anti-immigrant far-right Freedom Party says he is "optimistic" about the next general elections, even though official results showed the FPÖ lost a presidential runoff by a greater-than-projected 350,000 votes. https://www.thelocal.at/20161206/austria-far-right-puts-brave-face-on-election-defeat Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:22:12 +0100 austria-far-right-puts-brave-face-on-election-defeat The Freedom Party’s Norbert Hofer has failed in his bid to become the EU's first far-right president, losing to the former head of the Greens, Alexander Van der Bellen. But we shouldn't underestimate the FPÖ. https://www.thelocal.at/20161205/what-next-for-austrias-freedom-party Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:54:04 +0100 what-next-for-austrias-freedom-party Alexander Van der Bellen, Austria’s president-elect, has said that he wants to be a president for all Austrians and promised to press the government on issues such as labour reform. https://www.thelocal.at/20161205/van-der-bellen-vows-to-be-president-for-all-austrians Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:29:29 +0100 van-der-bellen-vows-to-be-president-for-all-austrians Fans affectionately call him "the professor" -- and in the end Alexander Van der Bellen gave a lesson in election campaigning by fighting off the far-right to become Austria's new president. https://www.thelocal.at/20161204/profile-of-austrias-new-president-van-der-bellen Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:09:58 +0100 profile-of-austrias-new-president-van-der-bellen Austria's Freedom Party conceded defeat Sunday in its bid to elect Europe's first far-right president, as projections showed its candidate Norbert Hofer lagging behind in a bitterly fought election re-run. https://www.thelocal.at/20161204/fp-concedes-defeat-as-van-der-bellen-clear-winner Sun, 04 Dec 2016 18:53:55 +0100 fp-concedes-defeat-as-van-der-bellen-clear-winner In a long and hard-fought election battle which dragged on months longer than normal, and which drew significant international interest, the far-right candidate, Norbert Hofer, appears to have lost his bid to be president, according to exit polls. https://www.thelocal.at/20161204/van-der-bellen-likely-has-won-election-as-austrias-president Sun, 04 Dec 2016 17:59:37 +0100 van-der-bellen-likely-has-won-election-as-austrias-president Fans affectionally call him "the professor" or "Sascha", a nickname for Alexander that nods to his Russian roots, while his critics decry him as a "green dictator". https://www.thelocal.at/20161204/former-green-vies-for-austrias-presidency Sun, 04 Dec 2016 09:47:45 +0100 former-green-vies-for-austrias-presidency Austrians returned to the polls on Sunday in a bitterly fought marathon election, which could propel the European Union's first far-right president to power and boost the anti-establishment tide sweeping many countries. https://www.thelocal.at/20161204/polls-open-to-elect-austrias-next-president Sun, 04 Dec 2016 09:36:55 +0100 polls-open-to-elect-austrias-next-president Austria's Norbert Hofer likes to come across as Mr. Nice Guy but if he wins Sunday's election, he will become the EU's first far-right president. https://www.thelocal.at/20161204/behind-the-mask-of-the-nice-guy Sun, 04 Dec 2016 09:25:21 +0100 behind-the-mask-of-the-nice-guy Austria's long and ugly presidential campaign drew to a close Saturday, with a confident far-right aiming to emulate Donald Trump and Brexit campaigners by dealing a hammer-blow to Vienna's centrist establishment. https://www.thelocal.at/20161203/election-campaign-closes-as-polls-open-imminent Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:28:51 +0100 election-campaign-closes-as-polls-open-imminent Norbert Hofer could become the European Union's first far-right head of state in Austria's presidential election re-run on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.at/20161201/the-rise-fall-and-rise-again-of-austrias-far-right Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:47:40 +0100 the-rise-fall-and-rise-again-of-austrias-far-right Just a few days before Austrians vote in the re-run of the presidential election, the far-right candidate Norbert Hofer has told other politicians from the Freedom Party (FPÖ) to avoid wearing a blue cornflower in their buttonholes. https://www.thelocal.at/20161130/austrian-freedom-party-hofer-rejects-cornflower-symbol Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:06:51 +0100 austrian-freedom-party-hofer-rejects-cornflower-symbol The two candidates in Austria's longest ever presidential race clashed on Sunday over the European Union, Donald Trump, and migrants as they faced off in a TV duel a week before the runoff. https://www.thelocal.at/20161128/austrias-presidential-rivals-clash-in-tv-debate Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:18:55 +0100 austrias-presidential-rivals-clash-in-tv-debate Austria is one Europe's richest countries, yet the hills are alive not with optimism but with worries about the economy, boosting the far-right candidate ahead of December 4's presidential election. https://www.thelocal.at/20161127/economic-woes-drive-austria-to-the-right Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:34:56 +0100 economic-woes-drive-austria-to-the-right Several top Austrian conservatives on Saturday urged voters to shun far-right candidate Norbert Hofer in next month's presidential election, highlighting fears he could take the country out of the EU. https://www.thelocal.at/20161119/conservative-shun-far-right-hofer Sat, 19 Nov 2016 14:28:14 +0100 conservative-shun-far-right-hofer Prosperous, pretty and almost migrant-free -- rural Austria paradoxically offers a happy hunting ground for far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer and his populist Freedom Party. https://www.thelocal.at/20161118/austrias-far-right-stokes-fears-in-wealthy-countryside Fri, 18 Nov 2016 13:16:36 +0100 austrias-far-right-stokes-fears-in-wealthy-countryside The Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) is sending a small team of election observers to the rerun of Austria's presidential election. https://www.thelocal.at/20161117/small-osce-team-will-observe-austrian-election-rerun Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:30:06 +0100 small-osce-team-will-observe-austrian-election-rerun