It finished ahead of the governing conservatives Sunday after tapping into anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other issues.

Herbert Kickl has made history, leading Austria’s far-right Freedom Party to its first win in the country’s general election. The party secured 29.2 per cent of the total votes. The 55-year-old now wishes to build ‘Fortress Austria’,

Austria's far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not exactly cut a dashing figure but he has skilfully tapped into voter anxieties over migration, the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic.- Austria's 'rudest politician' - Kickl studied philosophy,

Austria's far-right has gained its first electoral win since WW2, as the Freedom Party has won parliamentary elections.

Austria's national election has left the country facing difficult coalition talks, with FPÖ's Herbert Kickl winning but struggling to find partners. So what's happens now the votes have been counted?

Supportive of the identitarian movement, the ultra-radical leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) is leading in the polls for Sunday's parliamentary elections in the Alpine country.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party won a national parliamentary election, but it will struggle to find other parties willing to form a coalition government.

The leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) believes Sunday's election outcome which saw his party claim a historic win is one that will usher in a change for Austria. "Voters put their foot down today,