Germany's far-right lawmakers vowed to dress smartly, minimise parliamentary cat-calling, and signed up to a short manifesto ...

The state elections, for parliaments in Saxony and Thuringia, two regions in eastern Germany, were widely billed as the most important since reunification, and not in a good way.

The Alternative for Germany secured 32.8% of the vote in the German state of Thuringia, taking a nine-point lead ahead of the conservative CDU.

In Thuringia, 38% of people aged between 18-24 gave their vote to the far-right party — compared to 33% overall, according to public broadcaster ARD's Tagesschau election analysis.

Two major wildfires have been burning in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia. Meanwhile, several people were ...

Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) officially launched an effort seeking to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, according to The ...

A supporter of the far right AfD is shown at an election rally in Dresden, Germany, before state elections on August 29, 2024. The AfD has opposed Berlin's support for Ukraine.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with ...

Situated in the heart of Germany, the state of Thuringia is home to more than one thousand years of history. From historic castles to culinary dishes steeped in tradition, Thuringia's cultural ...

Preliminary results the morning after Sunday’s elections in the two states saw the AfD with a clear win in Thuringia, with 32.8 percent of votes — marking the first time that the far right has ...

Thuringia, Germany, is one of them. Everywhere you turn, great names from the past greet you: Goethe, Schiller, Luther and Herder, to name a few famous literati.

Emergency services are battling forest fires in several locations in eastern Germany. Villages have been evacuated in the ...