Off the wire
Roundup:Bangladesh steps up relief efforts in cyclone Roanu-hit areas  • Chinese vice premier urges poverty relief via industrial development  • Botswana, Mozambique presidents in talks  • Roland Garros to have roof in 2020, says Forget  • Republic of Congo firm launches second tablet smartphone  • Roundup: Former UN chief calls for transformation of Africa's agriculture to meet nutrition needs  • Chinese, S.Korean media seek to enhance exchange, cooperation  • South African farmers to explore investment potential in Zambia  • Britain grants political refugee status to Maldives former president  • FLASH: AUSTRIAN CANDIDATE BACKED BY GREEN PARTY BEATS RIGHT WING IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION :INTERIOR MINISTRY  
You are here:   Home

Urgent: Candidate backed by Green Party wins Austrian presidential election: Interior Ministry

Xinhua, May 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent candidate but backed by the Green Party, was elected as Austrian president in the election by getting only slightly more votes than the right-wing candidate Norbert Hofer, Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka announced on Monday. Endit