Herbert Kickl’s rise ends a firewall that has kept populist politicians out of power in EU countries for decades.

If he comes to power, sharp-tongued, far-right leader Herbert Kickl will be contemporary Austria's most controversial ...

For years Herbert Kickl was written off by many, including party comrades, as a figure best suited for work behind the scenes. An Eigenbrötler, they joked: someone who bakes their own bread. Now, he ...

Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl and his prospective coalition partners say they have reached an agreement to bring down the budget deficit ...

Mr Kickl’s political hero is Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader. But unlike Hungarian voters who first voted Mr Orban ...

Herbert Kickl, the controversial leader of Austria’s far-right FPÖ, is within reach of becoming the country’s first far-right ...

Following the breakdown of coalition negotiations among the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), the Social Democrats (SPÖ), and the Liberals (NEOS), <a ta ...

He is so abrasive that he has one of Austria's lowest personal approval ratings, but far-right chief Herbert Kickl's ...

The Austrian far-right leader has said in his first comments after being tasked to form a new government that he aspires to ...

Following failed coalition negotiations in Austria, a path to power is now opening up for the right-wing Freedom Party leader ...

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday announced that he would meet with far-right politician Herbert Kickl as ...

Attempts to form a government without the far-right Freedom Party collapsed in recent days, more than three months after it ...