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Austria's Far-Right Presidential Candidate Loses In An Election Do-Over

5:39pm December 04, 2016

by Brakkton Booker

Alexander Van der Bellen defeated Norbert Hofer of the conservative Freedom Party. Had Hofer won he would have become the first far-right president in Western Europe since World War II.

Members of Austria's Constitutional Court appear ahead of a public hearing earlier this month to consider annulling the result of the country's May runoff.

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Austria's Top Court Throws Out Presidential Election Result, Orders A Do-Over

11:02am July 01, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The Constitutional Court cited vote-counting irregularities in overturning the result, which is unprecedented in Austria's post-war history.

Alexander Van der Bellen, who was backed by the Green Party, celebrates during an election party Sunday in Vienna.

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Left-Leaning Candidate Wins Austria's Presidential Election — Barely

2:21pm May 23, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Retired economics professor Alexander Van der Bellen edged out anti-immigrant populist candidate Norbert Hofer by just more than 31,000 votes — 0.6 percent of the vote.

An exterior view of Adolf Hitler's birth house in Braunau am Inn, Austria.

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Austrian Government Will Try To Seize The House Where Hitler Was Born

6:14pm April 09, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The state rents the property now, and has tried for years to purchase it from the current owner. Officials say their aim is to prevent the property from falling into the hands of neo-Nazis.

Sebastiaan De Vos, right, the general manager of Vienna's Magdas Hotel, recruits refugees like 24-year-old Ehsan Amini, left, to work at the hotel. Amini, who works in the Magdas cafe, fled Afghanistan and arrived in Austria five years ago. He's one of 20

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The New Hotel In Vienna, Run By Refugees

12:45pm December 01, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

The hotel is staffed by refugees from countries including Afghanistan, Nigeria and Algeria. It serves as a model for how to train newcomers to work in the European countries where they claim asylum.

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Hundreds of migrants walk to a holding center in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, near the Austrian border.

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Austria Is Trying To Stop Migrants From Surging Over Its Border With Hungary

5:51pm September 15, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Austria has announced new, strict laws aimed at slowing down unauthorized migration. The move follows similar controls by Hungary.

A migrant takes care of her baby at a collection point near the Serbian-Hungarian border in Roszke, Hungary, on Saturday.

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Germany Imposes Border Controls To Stem Flow Of Migrants

3:34pm September 13, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said trains between Austria and Germany would be suspended for 12 hours "to return to orderly procedures" for entering the country.

A migrant girl holds a sign expressing her love to Germany as she arrives at the train station in Saalfeld, central Germany, on Saturday. Hundreds of refugees arrived in a train from Munich to be transported by bus to an accomodation center.

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Trainloads Of Migrants Begin Arriving In Germany

4:01pm September 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Thousands of refugees, mainly escaping conflict in Syria and Iraq, began arriving in Munich after transiting through Austria.

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Austrians Applaud As Busloads Of Syrian Refugees Cross Border

5:54am September 05, 2015

by L. Carol Ritchie

More than 1,000 weary Syrian refugees were greeted with food and applause at the Austrian border after arriving by busloads from a long, chaotic journey through Hungary.

Rescuers remove the body of a migrant after their boat sank off the coast of in Zuwara, Libya, on Thursday.

Number Of Refugees Found Dead In Austrian Truck Rises To 71

8:26am August 28, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Meanwhile, hundreds of other refugees were feared drowned off the coast of Libya. At least 100 bodies have been brought back to Libya.