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Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content, E.U.’s Top Court Rules
Comments posted on the social network about an Austrian politician became a battle over the reach of European defamation laws on the internet.
Kurz Wins Austria Election. Will He Turn to Far Right or Greens to Govern?
Sebastian Kurz, who came in first in a snap election in Austria, has a choice: Partner again with the far-right party that collapsed his government or shift left?
Austria’s Kurz, Leading in Polls, Looks Open to a Reunion With Far Right
Four months after scandal imploded Sebastian Kurz’s coalition, the wunderkind conservative looks set to win again in Sunday’s election. Will he embrace the far right a second time?
She Thought He Would Kill Her. Then She Complimented His Orchids.
Badly injured and kidnapped by a man she feared would murder her, an Austrian woman survived by keeping her cool and connecting with her captor.
Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Leader, Is Ousted in No-Confidence Vote
Lawmakers withdrew their support of the charismatic young chancellor and his caretaker government, adding to the political disarray.
Austria Chancellor Faces Prospect of No-Confidence Vote as Coalition Unravels
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for an early election to recover from the scandal that struck his far-right coalition partners. But the situation may now be out of his control.
Austrian Chancellor Calls for Top Minister’s Ouster, Deepening Government Chaos
Austria’s chancellor called for the dismissal of his interior minister, a member of the Freedom Party, leading the far-right party’s other ministers to quit the government.
Austrian President Calls for Elections in September
Alexander Van der Bellen said continuity was essential after the far-right vice chancellor resigned over a video showing him promising favors to a woman who claimed ties to a Russian oligarch.
Highlights From the Video That Brought Down Austria’s Vice Chancellor
A woman who said she was the niece of a Russian oligarch. A villa on Ibiza. A secret videotape. Lots of alcohol.