Austria's conservative chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday he would step down as chancellor in the 'coming days' after breaking off coalition talks with the Social Democrats.
A report that a Nazi song was sung at the funeral of a far-right ex-official in Austria caused outrage on Saturday, on the eve of national elections, for which the far right leads opinion polls.
It's been promised before, but now the UK government says it will act to ensure that British citizens living abroad do not lose their right to vote in the UK even if they have been abroad for over 15 years. Here's what we know about the proposals.
Boris Johnson's resounding victory means nothing will stop Brexit now, writes columnist John Lichfield. But it's still the biggest blunder the UK has ever made and will leave the hundreds of thousands of Brits across Europe feeling like foreigners on February 1st.
Britons in Europe were on Friday having to get used to the idea that "Brexit was happening and nothing was going to stop it now". But they were also urged to look at the positive aspect of the UK election result.
Sebastian Kurz took one step closer to forming a government following the September election after entering exclusive coalition talks with the Green party.
Relatively unscathed by the 'Ibiza-gate' scandal that brought down its government in May, Austria's far right hopes for a second chance in national elections next month.
The date for early elections triggered by the so-called "Ibiza-gate" scandal which brought down Austria's government has been fixed for September 29, following a decision by a parliamentary commission Tuesday.
The election trail has already begun to heat up in Austria a day after Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was removed by a no-confidence vote, the first such one for a post-war leader.
Austria's political "wunderkind" Sebastian Kurz, 31, said Thursday he hopes to form a coalition with the far right before Christmas, with media speculating a deal could be done this weekend.
Austria's far-right Freedom Party raised eyebrows in parliament on Thursday by ditching their usual blue cornflowers, a symbol associated by many with Nazism despite the party's strenuous denials.
Austria's far-right FPÖ party on Tuesday agreed to enter talks on forming a coalition government with incoming chancellor Sebastian Kurz, offering a fresh boost to populist parties in Europe.
Austria's president on Friday tasked election-winner Sebastian Kurz with forming a government, putting the 31-year-old conservative on course to become the world's youngest leader.
Austria's far-right Freedom Party said on Wednesday it wants the top job in the interior ministry in exchange for entering a coalition with election winner Sebastian Kurz.
Austria's election winner Sebastian Kurz, who may form a coalition with the far-right, vowed "zero tolerance" on anti-Semitism in any future government, in an interview published in Israel on Tuesday.
Austria's election winner Sebastian Kurz, who may form a coalition with a far-right party ambivalent about the European Union, said on Tuesday that Austria would play an "active" role in the bloc.
Austria's far-right looked set on Monday to return to power in a coalition with conservative "whizz-kid" Sebastian Kurz, the world's youngest leader-in-waiting, in a fresh triumph for European populists.
"Whizz-kid", "Basti Fantasti", "Messiah" are just some of the monikers given to Austrian conservative Sebastian Kurz, Europe's youngest leader in waiting.
Heinz-Christian Strache, the head of Austria's far-right tipped to become deputy chancellor after Sunday's elections, dismisses his youthful dalliance with neo-Nazis as "stupid, naive and young".
When ex-railways chief Christian Kern became Austrian chancellor last year, hopes ran high that the dapper Social Democrat would help fix the quarrelling coalition government and fend off the far-right.
Austria holds elections on Sunday, with polls suggesting that Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, 31, and his centre-right People's Party (OeVP) will come first with around 33 percent of the vote. But what government will emerge afterwards?
Austria is set to move to the right in elections on Sunday with conservative Sebastian Kurz expected to become Europe's youngest head of government and form a coalition with the anti-immigration Freedom Party.
The leaders of Austria's two main centrist parties hurled accusations at each other on Sunday over a murky smear campaign, in their first one-on-one debate a week ahead of a snap election.
