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This has been assessed by Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen and his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinisto.

Akkan Suver, the Marmara Group Foundation president, has been awarded with the "Decoration of Honour in Gold" by the Austrian State during a ceremony held by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Austrian Embassy in Ankara. 

VIENNA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday asked Austria to back any solution for Kosovo reached by Serbs and Albanians, rather than solutions "prescribed" by someone.

VIENNA - At the invitation of his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will on Thursday travel to Vienna on a working visit.

Upon arrival, he will meet with representatives of the Austrian chamber of commerce and Austrian businesspeople who are already working in Serbia or are interested in investing in the country.

Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen has awarded the honorary Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic to Dunja Mijatovic.

As announced, Mijatovic, a former OSCE representative on Freedom of the Media, was recognized for promotion and protection of human rights during her term as the OSCE representative.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Monday congratulated Alexander van der Bellen on his victory in Austria's presidential elections.

Austrian voters roundly rejected on Dec. 4 a candidate vying to become the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since World War Two, halting at least temporarily the wave of populism sweeping Western democracies. 

Austria's far-right presidential candidate was soundly defeated on Dec. 4, confounding forecasts of a tight election in which he would ride a wave of populism sweeping the West.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has welcomed the results of the presidential election in Austria calling it "a breath of fresh air."

In Austria, left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen defeated right-wing rival Norbert Hofer, a victory welcomed by moderate politicians across Europe seeking to halt the wave of right-wing populism sweeping Western democracies.

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party presidential candidate, Norbert Hofer, conceded defeat minutes after poll projections were released, dashing his hopes of becoming the European Union’s first democratically elected far-right president since WWII.