Germany’s Dresden calls for help with its Nazis
The eastern German city of Dresden has passed a resolution aimed at strengthening democracy and protecting minorities from a rise…
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Germany’s Pegida faces counter protest in Dresden
Five years after the German anti-migrant group Pegida held its first gathering in Dresden, four counter-demonstrations have been held against…
Alleged neo-Nazi gang goes on trial in Germany
Eight members of a suspected neo-Nazi gang from Chemnitz (pictured), which witnessed anti-migrant violence last year, have gone on trial…
AfD fails to win key German elections
The two parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition maintained a slim lead in two eastern regions yesterday (Sunday). …
Merkel hails example of failed Hitler assassins
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Europe to confront populism, racism and anti-Semitism as she marked the 75th anniversary…
German police probe far-right links to CDU assassination
Murdered German politician Walter Lübcke of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU in Hesse was probably killed for his support for immigrants,…
AfD fails to win mayoral runoff
Germany’s populist AfD has lost a key mayoral race in Görlitz (pictured), where all other parties stepped aside for a…
AfD targets Greta Thunberg in climate denial campaign
The Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) has come out in favour of climate change denial, ridiculing the teenage Swedish activist Greta…
CDU and SPD slump in Hesse election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her allies have lost significant support in another state election, with the opposition Greens’ share of the…
Greens win Bavarian seats as CSU pays for shift right
Bavaria’s voters have punished the conservative allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in yesterday’s regional election, mostly to the benefit…
AfD poised for Bavaria gains
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s right-of-centre Bavarian allies are braced for heavy losses in tomorrow’s election and appear poised to lose…
More Germans reject Berlin rule
Membership of groups that reject the authority of the German state has surged, the BfV, Germany’s domestic intelligence service has…
Chemnitz blamed for media attacks
A German report has shown more journalists are being attacked while photographing, filming or holding cameras, mostly in the east…
Merkel ends spy chief crisis with compromise
Germany’s domestic spy chief has been moved to another top job after accusations of showing sympathy to the extremist Alternative…
Merkel condemns anti-immigrant riots
Several people have been injured as thousands of far-right protesters clashed with riot police in an eastern German city where…
Merkel ‘successor’ sparks conscription debate
Seven years after Germany scrapped conscription, the government is debating the reintroduction of some kind of civilian or military national…