By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday tasked Chancellor Karl Nehammer, leader of the conservative People's Party, with forming a government over the objections of the far-right Freedom Party,

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has given incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the conservative ÖVP the mandate to form a government following September's elections. Nehammer should immediately start coalition negotiations with the social democratic SPÖ,

Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen‘s decision to charge Chancellor Karl Nehammer, the conservative People’s Party leader, with forming the country’s new government has provoked an outcry from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ),

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer leader of the center-right People Party with formin

Austria's president on Tuesday tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, which last month won a national election for the first time.

The far-right Freedom Party was blocked in Austria as on Tuesday Austria's president asked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer to form a new government. All other parties refused to work with the leader of the Freedom Party after they won a national election for the first time last month.

Austria’s president asked the ruling conservative party to start coalition negotiation with the Social Democrats, snubbing the most popular far-right Freedom Party after it failed to find a potential partner.