Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 3:31:48 PM CET
Austria eyes new govt
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel set out on Monday to form a new government after his conservatives won a landslide victory in Sunday's elections which left Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party in tatters.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 3:29:38 PM CET
Conservatives Win Big in Austrian Election
Austria's Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel and his conservative People's Party have scored a big win in national elections, but the makeup of a new coalition government in Vienna will await the outcome of political talks beginning Monday.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 3:01:29 PM CET
Joerg Haider's fall from grace
The drubbing just received by the Freedom Party in Austria's elections marks a dramatic fall from grace for the party's far-right leader Joerg Haider.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 2:56:35 PM CET
Austria political map redrawn
Austria's Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel is holding talks with the country's President Thomas Klestil to discuss the formation of a new coalition government.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 2:47:25 PM CET
Haider offers to quit over defeat
The maverick far-right Austrian politician, Joerg Haider, has said he will offer to resign from his post as governor of the Carinthia region after his Freedom Party suffered a crushing defeat in Sunday's general election.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 2:42:48 PM CET
Wolfgang Schuessel: Steely strategist
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel is being hailed as a master tactician after an election win that took observers by surprise and left his party only just short of an absolute majority.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 1:09:38 PM CET
Haider routed in Austrian poll
Outgoing Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel today faced the difficult process of forming a coalition government, with the prospect of resentment from outgoing partner the far-right Freedom Party and opposition from socialists.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 12:56:18 PM CET
Haider kündigt Rücktritt als Landeshauptmann an
Der Kärntner Landeshauptmann und Alt-FPÖ-Chef Jörg Haider kündigte heute laut APA seinen Rücktritt als Kärntner Landeshauptmann an.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 12:31:46 PM CET
Conservatives emerge as strongest in election, while Austria's far right suffers losses
Austria's far right suffered crushing losses in general elections, but the party led by Joerg Haider still stood a good chance of renewing its governing coalition with the conservatives following that party's overwhelming win.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 12:30:12 PM CET
Haider's party loses in Austria polls
Austria's governing conservatives surged to post-World War II highs in national elections yesterday, but their controversial junior coalition partner, the Joerg Haider-dominated Freedom Party, slumped badly, leaving uncertain the future composition of the country's next government, according to exit polls and early vote counts.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 12:28:39 PM CET
Austrian leader wins
Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservative party made large gains to dominate parliamentary elections yesterday, according to initial results. But his coalition partner, the anti-immigration party of Joerg Haider, was pounded at the polls, the results released by state television showed.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 12:27:06 PM CET
Austria's Far Right Suffers Losses
Austria's far right suffered crushing losses in general elections, but the party led by Joerg Haider still stood a good chance of renewing its governing coalition with the conservatives following that party's overwhelming win.
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