The state of emergency declared due to the forest fire in the German state of Thuringia was lifted on Tuesday. However, ...

SUHL, Germany—Ten years ago, this town in central Germany was aging, rapidly depopulating and almost universally white. Today, its population has stabilized, is younger and includes people from ...

Like many states in eastern Germany, Thuringia has faced an enduring demographic crisis since reunification. The state’s population has dropped by about a fifth since 1990.

AfD election poster reads ‘Islam doesn't belong in Germany,’ ‘Women’s freedom is not negotiable.’ Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a nationalist, right-wing, and populist German ...

Thuringia is traditionally a stronghold of the far-right AfD party, which polls suggest could become the second strongest in the central federal state's parliament. More than 4,000 protesters ...

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 ...

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.

He added Thuringia was one of the smallest of Germany's 16 states, with just over 2 million residents out of a national population of more than 80 million, while Saxony's population was 4 million.

It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al ...

Update: According to preliminary results, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party won the largest portion of the vote in Thuringia’s Sept. 1, 2024, state election — the first such victory ...

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.

A new centralised immigration authority will be created in Thuringia, the state's migration minister has announced.