Austria's coalition government teetered on the brink of collapse on Saturda...
VIENNA - Austria’s coalition government teetered on the brink of collapse on Saturday after video footage published by German newspapers apparently showed Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache discussing state contracts with a potential Russian backer in return for political support.
Senior figures in the government - a coalition of Sebastian Kurz’s conservatives and Strache’s far-right Freedom Party - held a crisis meeting on Friday night. The video was reported on Friday evening by two of neighboring Germany’s leading media - weekly Der Spiegel and newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung - purportedly showing a meeting in Ibiza between Strache, another party official and a woman purporting to be the niece of a Russian oligarch.The footage, recorded in July 2017 - months before the election that brought this government to power - showed Strache talking to the woman.
Strache has headed the party since 2005, bringing it back to mainstream electoral success not seen since it was led by the charismatic Joerg Haider. It secured 26 percent of the vote in 2017’s parliamentary election.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump welcomes Hungary's far-right nationalist to the White HousePresident Trump welcomes Hungary's far-right nationalist prime minister after past presidents shunned him, describing Viktor Orbán as 'highly respected, respected all over Europe. Probably, like me, a little bit controversial, but that's OK. That's OK.'
Read more »
YouTube’s Newest Far-Right, Foul-Mouthed, Red-Pilling Star Is A 14-Year-Old Girl'Soph' has nearly a million followers on the giant video platform. Its executives only have themselves to blame.
Read more »
The German media helped empower the far-right, now they turned on the mediaGermany’s media outlets confess contribution to the rise of the AfD. The question is what they have gained from it and, their reports on Muslims, migrants and refugees.
Read more »
Trump to welcome Hungary's far-right nationalist to the White HouseHe's rolled back democratic checks on his power, mused about creating a European ethnostate and erected a razor-wire fence to keep migrants out. Today, Hungary's far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office
Read more »
Far-right, anti-gay Arizona pastor becomes first-ever person banned from Ireland under exclusion powersSteven L. Anderson, 37, who founded the Faithful Word Baptist Church, made headlines in 2016 for praising the Pulse nightclub shooter in Orlando and in 2009 for praying for Barack Obama's death.
Read more »
Polish far-right supporters protest against restitution of Jewish propertyHundreds of far-right supporters marched in Warsaw on Saturday to protest agains...
Read more »
Polish far-right supporters protest against restitution of Jewish propertyCarrying placards with slogans including 'Poland has no obligations' and 'Holocaust hyenas', demonstrators marched from the prime minister's office to the U.S. embassy in central Warsaw. Poland was home to one of the world's biggest Jewish communities before it was almost
Read more »
AP Exclusive: Europe's far-right parties wooing the youngBOKRIJK, Belgium (AP) — They are strikingly young, but emphatic that they should not be considered newcomers. Rather, they are claiming the mantle of Old Europe at its most...
Read more »
AP Exclusive: Europe's far-right parties wooing the youngBOKRIJK, Belgium (AP) — They are strikingly young, but emphatic that they should not be considered newcomers. Rather, they are claiming the mantle of Old Europe at its most...
Read more »
Europe's far-right parties court youth candidates and votersBOKRIJK, Belgium (AP) — They are strikingly young, but emphatic that they should not be considered newcomers. Rather, they are claiming the mantle of Old Europe at its most...
Read more »