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Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz arrives in a Vienna court as he goes on trial for allegedly giving false testimony amid wide-ranging corruption scandals that have rocked the country. Kurz is the highest profile figure implicated in the scandals. IMAGES
Austria's new Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg arrives for his first parliamentary session, as the ruling party tries to emerge from a corruption scandal that cost the job of one of Europe's youngest leaders. Former Foreign Minister Schallenberg, 52, was sworn in by President Alexander Van der Bellen on October 11. IMAGES
Leader of the People's Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz leaves a polling station in Vienna after casting his ballot in snap elections. Kurz is predicted to win around 33 percent, up slightly from the last elections two years ago but not enough to form a majority government. IMAGES
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen swears in Sebastian Kurz's new cabinet ministers. Kurz was facing the prospect of a no-confidence vote in parliament as he grappled Tuesday with the fallout from the "Ibiza-gate" scandal that toppled his coalition with the far right. IMAGES
The EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meets with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his government in Vienna with just weeks left until the UK's scheduled departure for the European Union. IMAGES of handshake between Barnier and Kurz