Bjorn Höcke, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) most extreme faction, in the central German region of Thuringia, doesn’t turn his head. The short distance between him ...

"Women in Divided Germany" is the title of an exhibition 35 years after reunification. It sheds light on the realities of life for women in former East and West Germany.

The latest developments surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval ...

A divided Germany has emerged from Sunday’s election. The vote delivered a resounding defeat of the Social Democrats (SPD) of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a clear victory for Friedrich Merz’s Christian ...

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Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...

In the former East Germany (which was officially called the German Democratic Republic or GDR), right and left populists together command every second vote. The country is just as divided over its ...

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins. The point of this election was never just about a nation's struggle to rediscover its economic mojo or re-evaluate its ...

In front of him, a man in a Donald Trump 2024 hat cheers. A man at the back waves a flag that embraces the national colours of Germany and Russia. He would later describe Vladimir Putin as a ...