Once dismissed as having modest political prospects, he now is on the verge of the nation’s top job
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Failed coalition talks and power play pave way for Herbert Kickl to become chancellor
Christian Stocker signals willingness to share power with Freedom party after resignation of chancellor
Karl Nehammer to stand down after failure to form a moderate coalition government
Eva Menasse’s sprawling bestseller, set in the run-up to the fall of the Berlin Wall, confronts a nation with its murky past
Nine people under house arrest or being sought for suspected malfeasance linked to property sector
This Salzburg atelier can forge you a bejewelled dagger or a simple kitchen parer
An unusual new tourist campaign seeks to draw visitors to the Austrian capital’s crypts, cemeteries and museums
Set amid high pastures at the top of a cable car, a lavish new retreat will bring out the von Trapp in anyone
Stakebuilding in Austrian lender Addiko under scrutiny by central bank
When Christmas, Easter and February half-term guarantee crowds and price gouging, could autumn be the answer?
President Alexander Van der Bellen says new government has to respect ‘basic pillars’ of democracy
Herbert Kickl’s Freedom party set to become largest force in country’s parliament for first time
The FPÖ’s victory suggests it is no longer necessary to detoxify your brand to win
Voters on Sunday could make the once scandal-ridden Freedom Party largest force in national parliament
Berlin plans to carry out checks at all land frontiers in a bid to stem illegal migration
Elections next month will determine whether the pro-Kremlin Freedom party will return to government
Mariame Clément’s production has strong lead singers and a fresh take on the film-within-a-film trope
Peter Sellars’ new production of Prokofiev’s opera has an excellent set but less wonderful conducting
Terror plan forced cancellation of three sold-out Eras tour events in Austria
Vienna security authorities arrest two, including teenager said to have sworn allegiance to Isis
Former academic economist Martin Kocher set to replace Robert Holzmann next year
Mieczysław Weinberg turns Dostoyevsky’s dense novel into a work of depth and nuance
Robert Carsen has updated the opera of power and pride for the era of the assault on the US Capitol
