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Austria

Austria's state broadcaster & star presenter sue Vice-Chancellor Strac

Strache pays price for again baiting ORF and presenter Armin Wolf, accusing them of "lying".

United Kingdom

Far-right terror threat ‘growing and underestimated’ in UK – police ch

The outgoing head of UK counter-terrorism policing reveals that four right-wing extremist terror plots were thwarted in the past year, along with 10 Islamist conspiracies.

Russia

Russia on populists: ‘We want to see Europe strong and stable’

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denies accusations that Moscow seeks to undermine Europe by supporting anti-establishment parties, in his interview with Euronews.

Poland

Catholic nationalism: the church of the far right in Poland

Far-right groups are using links to religion to gain mainstream influence in Poland.

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Austria

Austrians protests at FPO return to government

Leftists & civil society groups angry at return of far-right in coalition with mainstream Conservatives.

USA

KKK 'Mississippi Burning' murderer Edgar Ray Killen dies

The 1960s preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted of the infamous deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi has died.

Europe News

How contagious will Austria's politics be in 2018?

The rise of the far right is set to challenge the EU's migration policies

Poland

Poland's government prefers to embrace, rather than alienate, far righ

Law and Justice party argues winning voters away from extremist parties is preferable to allowing them to gain their own momentum, Reuters reports.

Germany

AfD tests Germany's new social media law as police probe Von Storch

Party leader Alice Weidel pours fuel on the fire and backs her deputy.

Austria

What are the policies of Austria’s new right-wing government?

The coalition agreement published by the conservative People’s Party and the far-right Freedom Party is built around a vigorous protection of national identity.

Europe News

Austria's 'tug of war'

The EU's migration commissioner predicts a 'tug of war' as Austria's coalition brings far-right to power

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Austria - a threat to EU values?

Austria

Austrians protest at return of far-right to coalition government after

The FPO is back in Vienna after the mainstream right OVP and its young leader Sebastian Kurz agreed to form a coalition government with the political pariahs.

Europe News

Austria: a threat to EU values?

With the swearing in of a new Chancellor, and becoming the only Western European country with a far-right party in power, should the EU be concerned about Austria?

Austria

Wonderkid Kurz becomes Chancellor of Austria

The 31-year-old brings the far-right FPO into government with his OVP in coalition.

Czech Republic

European far-right parties seek to unify at Prague conference

Leader of France's National Front Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders of the Dutch Party for Freedom are among party heads present at the conference, which was part of the Europe of Nations and Freedom coalition.

Austria

Austrian president approves coalition with the far-right

Greece

Greece: Details of Golden Dawn's activities revealed by former member

Weapons, slaughtering of lambs to “find arteries” and beatings of members are some of the activities practised by Greek's far-right party, Golden Dawn, reveals former member.

USA

Far right rally in Washington met with protests

A rally of America's "Alt-right" in Washington has been countered by an anti-fascist demonstration.

United Kingdom

Trump retweets British far-right videos targeting Muslims

President shares three videos, one of which is said to be falsely captioned.