Vienna, Jan 8: Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country's interim Chancellor following Karl Nehammer's recent resignation from the post, Austrian news agency APA reported on Wednesday.
Vienna, Jan 6: Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday tasked Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl with forming a new government after recent coalition talks without the far-right party collapsed.
Vienna, Jan 6: Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said that he would meet the Freedom Party' leader Herbert Kickl on Monday to discuss the formation of a new government while the conservative People's Party softened its stance, saying it is now open to talks with the far-right party.
Vienna, January 5: Austria's ruling conservatives on Sunday appointed Christian Stocker, the secretary-general of the Austrian People's Party (OVP), as their interim leader after former Chancellor Karl Nehammer stepped down following the collapse of coalition talks, Al Jazeera reported citing local media.
Vienna, Jan 5: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said that he would step down in the coming days after coalition talks between his People's Party and the Social Democrats collapsed earlier that day.
Vienna, January 5: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has announced that he will resign "in the coming days" as the talks between the country's biggest centrist parties on forming a government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) failed, Al Jazeera reported.