Austria’s Norbert Hofer is set for another chance at becoming the first nationalist head of state in an EU country after having the previous election results overturned due to large-scale voter fraud. The Austrian Constitutional Court’s investigation revealed that postal ballots were illegally handled in 94 out of 117 districts, leading to a nullification of the previous results. Earlier... 

Federal and state governments in Germany are in the process of devising new laws to expropriate private property for refugee housing. The new regulations are aimed primarily at unused commercial properties, but may also apply to homes and condos, according to ARD Berlin Studios, a German public broadcaster. In Sweden, the state Migration Board in May evicted elderly residents from the Millmark center... 

Under its leader Heinz-Christian Strache, the right-wing populist Freedom Party has become a force to be reckoned with in Austrian politics. It is currently neck and neck with the country’s two largest mainstream parties in the polls. Meanwhile the governing Social Democrats are struggling to reconnect with ordinary voters. They aren’t actually that far apart, the chancellor and his adversary...