A car driven into a crowd in southwest Germany on Monday killed at least one person and injured several more, police said, adding that a suspected "perpetrator" had been arrested. Armed police ...

While it has got votes in almost every constituency in this election, the party has traditionally enjoyed greater popularity in the east of the country — in areas that made up the communist German ...

Almost all of the old East Germany has turned AfD blue. The party has always been more popular in German areas that were once under Soviet rule, but this year has tightened its grip. Image ...

By Amanda Taub The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote share from four years ago, in the strongest showing for a German far-right party ...

BIELEFELD, Germany (AP) — Third-division team Arminia Bielefeld reached the semifinals of the German Cup on Tuesday by upsetting Bundesliga side Werder Bremen 2-1 in their quarterfinal. Sam Schreck ...

“The German government under Kohl implemented a plan, essentially, that involved a pretty rapid de-industrialisation of the East,” he said. “The Eastern enterprises were sold off in a fire ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party (AfD) party saw particular support in the former East Germany ... largest in the legislature. The German parliament has slashed its seats ...

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Friedrich Merz's conservatives (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national election in Germany, but in second place, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) earned its best result yet in Europe's ailing ...

The German election on February 23 saw a record ... was particularly strong in the East. The surprise winner of the election was the Left Party. After years of declining membership and poor ...

The devastation of the East German economy and the resulting impoverishment and lack of prospects created a breeding ground for the fascists. This was facilitated by the SPD and the successor ...