The video ignited a toxic political scandal in Austria, and Strache was forced to resign from his post as Vice Chancellor and as the Austrian
Freedom Party's Chairman.
In the footage, released by German media,
Freedom Party leader and vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache can be seen relaxing and drinking for hours at a villa with FPO parliament group leader Johann Gudenus, while they meet a woman, purported to be the niece of a Russian oligarch.FREEDOM PARTYMr Strache appears to propose offering her public contracts if she buys a large stake in the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung - and makes it support the
Freedom Party.
The publications further reported that the "Russian woman" offered to buy a 50 per cent stake in Austria's Kronen Zeitung newspaper, ensuring to support Strache's
Freedom Party with elections only a few months away, reports CNN.
He said that he and his right-wing People's Party "had to endure much" from the anti-immigration
Freedom Party, the junior member of his governing coalition.
According to reporter, the Democratic
Freedom Party in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the Indian forces had turned occupied Kashmir into mourning place.
He said India jailed senior resistance leader and the chairman of Democratic
Freedom Party, Shabbir Ahmad Shah by using its Enforcement Directorate and it is continuously trying to intimidate others like Agha Moosvi.
King says the meeting was with business leaders, including one with
Freedom Party affiliation.
The
Freedom Party is believed to have links to Russia's governing United Russia party.
The
Freedom Party of Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders will hold a competition of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, it said on Tuesday.
The Jewish community of Vienna has let it be known that they will not attend Austria's official Holocaust commemoration ceremony if the far-right
Freedom Party (the Freiheitliche Partei AaAaAeAusterreichs in German, common abbreviated as the FPAaAaAeAu) is also present.
He posed a pertinent question on Twitter, "Does this mean that President Maithripala Sirisena and the Sri Lanka
Freedom Party officially support separate Eelam?"