While negotiating with the conservatives to form a government, sharp-tongued Herbert Kickl was within reach of becoming contemporary Austria's first far-right chancellor. But talks fell apart on ...

The announcement marks a dramatic reversal for the president, a former leader of the left-wing Greens who has long been critical of the FPO and has clashed with its leader Herbert Kickl ...

VIENNA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - He is so abrasive that he has one of Austria's lowest personal approval ratings, but far-right chief Herbert Kickl's strategic cunning helped his party to its first ever ...

A parliamentary inquiry in Austria is set to address alleged abuse of power by the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) ...

THE PROSPECT of Herbert Kickl, the leader of the hard-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), running Austria alarms centrists in the Alpine republic and its European neighbours. Paul Lendvai, a prominent ...

Party politics is like a ship, Herbert Kickl once observed, where he would rather “be in the engine room than at the captain’s table”. For 30 years the 55-year-old Austrian politician did ...

Herbert Kickl’s potential rise in Austria’s elections tests the nation's values, with his neo-Nazi ties sparking fears for the Jewish community and raising concerns about Austria's future ...

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.