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The leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and former interior minister, Herbert Kickl, is being investigated on suspicion of embezzlement in connection with government advertisements, justice officials said on Monday. Austria’s economic and corruption prosecutor’s office announced that other former FPÖ government politicians and a media entrepreneur are also the focus of the investigation, including former vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and former transport minister Norbert Hofer. The public prosecutor’s office says it is suspected that the media entrepreneur promised…

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