In a historic move, Walter Rosenkranz, a member of the far-right Freedom Party, was elected speaker of the Austrian parliament. Last month, the Freedom Party had a strong performance in national ...

Austrian lawmakers on Thursday voted by a large majority in favour of a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen ...

Austrians went to the polls on Sept. 29, handing victory to the far-right, anti-migration Freedom Party (FPO). The party gained 29% of the vote, its best result to date. Founded in 1956 by Anton ...

The Austrian Parliament has passed a resolution calling for stronger efforts to secure the return of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia, and for those responsible to face justice under ...

(JNS) A new exhibition on the fate of Viennese Jews during the Holocaust has been inaugurated at the Austrian Parliament, in a major step forward in acknowledging the country’s Nazi past. The ...

BERLIN, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with giving false testimony before parliament, the Austrian prosecutor's office for economic crimes and corruption ...

UNHCR is worried about new draft changes to the Austrian Asylum Act that further restrict asylum seeker rights and could, if implemented, be harmful to the interests of children in particular. The ...

Opposition candidate Walter Rosenkranz of the far-right Freedom casts his vote for the Austrian Presidential election in Krems an der Donau, Austria, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Theresa Wey) VIENNA (AFP) ...