German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early ...

German intelligence agencies are to continue investigating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) until after February's ...

Speaking in his capacity as an SPD parliamentarian, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it a "bitter" night for his party The far-right AfD emerged as strongest party in Thuringia, and a close second in ...

After an intelligence-led operation, German police have arrested an alleged violent left-wing extremist leader in the eastern state of Thuringia.

After Donald Trump's US election win and with new federal elections slated to take place in Germany on February 23, questions ...

After long exploratory talks, coalition negotiations to form new state governments will open in the eastern German states of ...

The election of liberal leader Thomas Kemmerich in the eastern state of Thuringia prompted national outrage. "Resignation is unavoidable," he said. For years Germany's main parties have shunned ...

The AfD's highly controversial top candidate in Thuringia, Björn Höcke, hailed a "historic victory" Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is celebrating a "historic success ...

The BSW's electoral successes in the states of Brandenburg, Thuringia and Saxony in September make it a near-indispensable ...