Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday officially dissolved the Sebastian Kurz-led government, a day after the latter lost a vote of no confidence.This comes after a corruption scandal enveloped a leading party in Kurz's now-dissolved coalition government. The Freedom Party's (FPO) former leader and the former Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache was taped while allegedly offering government contracts to a Russian-speaking woman in Ibiza in exchange for favourable media coverage in the run-up to the elections in 2017.While Strache has stepped down as FO's leader, he has outrightly dismissed the allegations against him as a "political attack".Meanwhile, Austria's interim Vice Chancellor Hartwig Loger will be serving as Austria's chancellor until the next leader to replace Kurz is chosen, according to Sputnik. Parliamentary elections are slated to be held in September in the wake of the corruption allegations.Kurz has assured the President that his party is "ready for
