ALEXANDER Van der Bellen won the Presidential election in Austria on 4 December 2016, defeating right-winger Norbert Hoffer. He is the second Green Party head-of-state in Europe after Raimonds ...

After the collapse of coalition talks between the conservative Austrian People's Party and the Social Democrats, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Sunday he would meet far-right ...

Who is Alexander Van der Bellen? ... The centre-left Social Democrats and centre-right People’s party have carved up the country’s politics since the second world war.

Alexander Van der Bellen won reelection as Austria's president on Sunday, outright capturing the race with more than 50% of the votes and fending off a runoff election against populist challengers.

Van der Bellen admits weaknesses for comics and cigarettes. Adversaries have also accused Mr Van der Bellen of being a "turncoat" because he was a member of the Social Democrats before joining the ...

Critics have also accused Van der Bellen of being a "turncoat" because he was a member of the Social Democrats before joining the Greens in the early 1990s and eventually becoming their president.

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has asked the leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) to form a new ruling coalition in what could yield the first far-right-led ...

The former chairman of the Austrian Greens, Alexander Van der Bellen, yesterday won the presidential election against his rival from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), Norbert Hofer. The 72-year ...

After beating his far right rival by just 31,000 votes, Austria's new President, Alexander Van Der Bellen, faces an uphill battle to live up to his election slogan of "a president who unites".

Austria’s President Alexander van der Bellen swore in the country’s new three-party government Monday, ending five months of political deadlock that followed the far right’s election victory last ...

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer later congratulated Van der Bellen on social media, saying he was looking forward to "continued good cooperation" with the President. The President of Austria ...

Alexander Van der Bellen, 78, a liberal politician in a country facing a far-right surge, suffered abrasions and a slight concussion Sunday after slipping in Kaunergrat, a national park marked by ...