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Austria: protesters in Vienna rally against fight-right ball

Around 3000 people demonstrated in Vienna on Friday night against a traditional right-wing ball.

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Austria to ban Muslim face veils in bid to counter rise of extreme right

Austria’s coalition government has vowed to ban Muslim face-covering veils and to restrict eastern European workers’ access to the labour market.

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Austria's President Van der Bellen sworn in, decrying populism

The new Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has been sworn in for a six-year term.

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Austria announces new measures to tighten border with Slovakia

Austria wants tighter borders with Slovakia

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Adolf Hitler house to be bought by Austrian government

Austria’s parliament has decided to compulsory purchase the house in which Adolf Hitler was born after years of vacillating.

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Austria's asylum seeker crackdown plan 'part of bid to deter migrants'

Austria's government has agreed on a draft law that will fine or jail asylum seekers who lie about their identities to authorities

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Austrians vote environmentalist over populist for presidency

Austria chooses former Green Party leader Van der Bellen over far-right populist Norbert Hofer

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Far-right or green? Austria votes in the country's presidential election

Van der Bellen and Hofer in close election battle

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Déjà vu for Austria as crucial presidential re-run gets underway

Austria returns to the polls

Economy

Austria's economy looks confident despite political division

A reversal in unemployment fortunes and robust trade have done little to ease tensions about the future in Austria's mutating economy.

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Austrian presidential debate descends into slanderous squabble

The final Austrian presidential debate was a less than cordial affair.

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Can 'Trump effect' fuel far-right presidential win in Austria?

Taking hope from Donald Trump’s US election triumph, Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer is eager to surf a tide of anti-establishment populism sweeping the West and win this Sund

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Convert or destroy - what will happen to Hitler's home?

The building where Adolf Hitler was supposedly born will be remodeled, Austria’s interior minister has suggested after initially saying it would be torn down.

My Europe Series

The rise of the European right

This week on Insiders we investigate why hard-line right-wing parties are making gains in Europe.

My Europe Series

Jean-Yves Camus on Europe's shift to the right

Insiders speaks with political expert Jean-Yves Camus on the shift in Europe towards the right.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Barroso feels heat over US bank role

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

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Austrian presidential poll postponed over faulty glue

Austria has put back the re-run of its presidential election because of a technical problem with ballot papers.

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Turkey calls Austria 'racist'

Escalating war of words between Ankara and Vienna, which suggested Turkey was heading towards "dictatorship" after last month's failed military coup.

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Turkey criticises comments by Austria's chancellor on ending EU talks with Ankara

Turkey’s EU affairs minister has criticised comments by Austria’s chancellor on ending EU membership talks with Ankara.

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Austria to hold presidential re-run on October 2nd

Austria will hold its re-run of the presidential election on October 2 after the country’s highest court ruled that poor election procedure in some areas meant the result could have been…