Freedom Party of Austria

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen won a second term with an absolute majority of 54.6 percent of the votes in the elections for the head of state, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.

Van der Bellen's result means he will not have to contest a run-off.

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism, a police agency tasked with protecting the constitutional organs of the Austrian state, has allocated three agents to shadow Justice Minister Alma Zadic, citing the risk of a planned attack on her, the Kronen Zeitung newspaper reported.

Austrian Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, announced the end of the coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria after the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, announced by world agencies.

Austria is going through a transition, politically. On December 18, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) joined the coalition government led by young centre-right Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (of Austrian People's Party or OVP), with the far-right Heinz-Christian Strache (of FPO) as his Vice Chancellor.

 Two months after the election, 31-year-old conservative People's Party (OVP) leader Sebastian Kurz is expected to finalise coalition talks on Friday and form a new government with the hard-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) led by Heinz-Christian Strache, reported EUObserver .

The international community should stop using force to keep Bosnia and Herzegovina artificially alive and allows its peoples self-determination, Heinz-Christina Strache, a leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, FPO, said in an interview.

VIENNA - Kosovo-Metohija is a part of Serbia, says Vice-President of the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria Norbert Hofer, who lost in the recent presidential run-off from left-wing independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen, adding that the Dayton Agreement confirms the legitimacy and legality of the existence of Republika Srpska (RS).

Milorad Dodik's endorsement of nationalist candidate Norbert Hofer ahead of the second round of voting may not a major impact in changing the voting preferences of Serbs in Austria, Vienna-based analyst Christoph Hofinger from the SORA Institute told BIRN. 

Considering the request for Kosovo's UNESCO admission, it would be a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

Considering the request for Kosovo's UNESCO admission would be a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, believes leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) Heinz-Christian Strache.

The leader of the French National Front Marine Le Pen announced in Brussels on Tuesday the establishment of a new far-right political group in the European Parliament.

The group bears the name Europe of Nations and Freedoms (ENF) and its co-presidents will be Le Pen and Marcel Graaff from Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), EUobserver reports.