Austria heads for 3-party coalition government
After several rounds of talks, Austrian People's Party, Social Democratic Party of Austria, and liberal Neos party held successful 1st round of negotiations, says Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer - A
Austria's three-party coalition begins to take shape without the far-right
After several rounds of exploratory talks, Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced the preliminary decision to form a coalition between three parties - ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS. #EuropeNews
Talks for a coalition government in Austria proceed successfully
Talks between the three parties—the conservatives, the social democrats, and the liberals—to form a viable coalition government and keep the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) isolated were concluded today before the afternoon,
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Austria's Coalition Challenge: A Third Party Joins the Talks
Chancellor Karl Nehammer is seeking to form a three-party Austrian government coalition, including the liberal Neos party, without the far-right Freedom Party. Negotiations, currently in the sounding-out phase,
Austrian coalition talks enter formal phase after initial sounding out
The three Austrian parties in the so-called "sounding out" phase of talks on forming a new government have agreed to launch full-scale coalition talks, conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who is leading the process,
Austrian Parties Agree to Launch Full Coalition Talks
Head of NEOS party Beate Meinl-Reisinger makes her way to coalition talks with Austrian Chancellor and head of the People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer and head of the Social Democrats Andreas Babler in Vienna,
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Austria airspace left undefended on weekend as air force flight controllers were ‘on holiday’
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Austria says Russia to cut off gas from Saturday
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