Former Austrian vice chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache faced bribery and corruption proceedings in a Vienna court on Tuesday relating to the award of a state company board position to a businessperson in exchange for a donation to Strache’s party. Strache, 52, was handed a 15-month suspended sentence earlier this year in a separate corruption case. His appeal is pending. According to the charges in the current case, a businessperson paid €10,000 ($10,700) into an association linked to Strache’s Freedom Party (FPÖ). In return, the businessman was allegedly given a post as a supervisory board m…