Media ID: 55351257
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Austrian Freedom Party presidential candidate Hofer looks on during a presentation of his campaign in Vienna. Reuters
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2016 | World
Vienna-Austrians cast their ballots on Sunday to elect a new president in polls that are closely followed by Europe amid concerns that right-winger Norbert Hofer would defeat Alexander Van der Bellen, a Greens politician running as an independent. Austria’s 6.4...
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Norbert Hofer, Alexander Van der Bellen, Irmgard Griss
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 19, 2016 | World
Austria is few steps near becoming the first European Union country to elect a far-right head of state, which came as the result of rising concerns in regard of living standards and Europe’s migrant crisis. The anti-Islam and Eurosceptic Freedom Party (FPO) won...
