Austria's centrist coalition government, the first three-party alliance since the aftermath of World War Two, took office on Monday, ending Austria's longest-ever wait for a new government and keeping the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in opposition.

Austria's new three-party coalition government comprising the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and the liberal NEOS was sworn in on Monday, ending months of political deadlock in the Alpine nation.

VIENNA -- Austria’s new government took office on Monday, with Christian Stocker taking over as chancellor at the head of a previously untried three-party coalition after a five-month wait for a new administration.