Country joins alliance of 16 countries creating 'border defence project' for external EU boundary

Demonstrators accuse Government of Islamophobia and sexism

Austria’s coalition government has promised to ban Muslim face-covering veils and to restrict eastern European workers’ access to the labour market, in a package of policies aimed at countering the rise of the far-right Freedom Party.

Police officers, judges, magistrates and public prosecutors will also be prohibited from wearing head scarves

Christian Kern says he will demand permission to give Austrians job priority over European citizens

Proposed ban is stricter still than France's prohibition of the full-body veil

From ‘automatic snow’ to the fastest gondola on Earth, this Austrian resort is the piste de résistance 

Heinz-Christian Strache says he met General Michael Flynn 'and other high-ranking US politicians'

Few EU states support Austria's stance

Word describes the past seven months of votes, court cases and delays in the presidential election

Arron Banks, the Ukip funder, blamed the Austrian people for making the wrong choice in their election, rejecting Hofer. This was, he held, because they 'haven’t suffered enough rape and murder yet' in the hands of refugees

Minister says law will have 'signalling effect' as country seeks to impose cap on migration

Hofer’s far right Freedom Party had already submitted a formal request to the Austrian parliament to hold an EU referendum and repeatedly insisted on the need to let the people speak

'Perhaps Trump's election was the turning point'

Freedom Party candidate calls on Austrians 'to stick together and work together'

An Italian no to reform is 'in the market', in that this outcome is the expected one. But this year has taught us that you never know the outcome of a popular vote