German AfD leaders praise 'successful results' after regional votes
The leaders of Germany's far-right AfD hail the party's electoral success after coming a narrow second place in a regional vote in Brandenburg, falling just behind the centre-left SPD of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
German Far-Right Narrowly Held Back in State Election
Germany's Social Democrats won in the eastern state of Brandenburg, pushing out the far-right AfD in a tightly contested race.
Scholz's party beats far-right AfD in east German state vote
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats narrowly beat the far-right AfD in a state election Sunday in the formerly communist east, a rare bit of good news for his party.Scholz's centre-left SPD won around 31 percent in the state of Brandenburg against the anti-immigration,
Germany's far-right AfD on track for another state election win
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Polls opened on Sunday in the German state of Brandenburg, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is projected to finish first, aiming to build on recent successes in other eastern states and surpass Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in this traditional stronghold.
Far-right AfD eyes new win in east German state vote
German voters head to regional elections on Sunday in a formerly communist eastern state where the far-right AfD party is narrowly ahead in the polls. In the state election in Brandenburg, the AfD hopes to replicate the strong gains it made in the east three weeks ago when it won a parliamentary vote in Thuringia and came a close second in Saxony.
Far-right gains in east Germany could deal blow to economy
After elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the far-right AfD party has again massively gained in a poll in eastern Germany. Now ...
Germany: Far-Right Narrowly Misses Majority In Brandenburg
The ruling SPD has just scraped by in a critical electoral test, but a closer look at the numbers show trouble for next ...
The German Chancellor’s Party Ekes Out a Win Over the Far Right
The narrow win by Olaf Scholz’s party came in a state election, the third in a series that was seen as a reflection of the ...
Scholz's Social Democrats fend off far-right in German state vote, early results suggest
The SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 30.9% of the vote, ...
AfD: how Germany’s constitution was designed with the threat of extremism in mind
The ‘basic law’ is designed to prevent the return of national socialism and sets out a comprehensive set of rights for ...
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Demolition, Smaller Office Building Possible Future For Former Village Hall Site
The eight-story building that housed most of Rosemont’s village offices for years, which was vacated earlier this year when a new village hall was purchased, could be demolished, said Mayor Brad ...
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Man buried with large stones on his chest to prevent him from 'rising from the grave' unearthed in Germany
The grave, located near the town of Quedlinburg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, is one of at least 16 discovered at the ...
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Exploring Lost Places and Abandoned buildings in Saxony, Germany. Follow our urbex trips through abandoned Military Bases, Hospitals and Bunkers in Saxony ...
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Berlin, Saxony, Rothenburg and more: GNTO’s destination partners shine bright
MONTREAL — Tourism delegates from Berlin, Potsdam, Bayreuth, Stuttgart, Rothenburg, Lindau and Saxony joined Anja Brokjans, ...
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Chapel destroyed in German peasant revolt forgotten for centuries — until now. See it
Now, the spark for that revolt has just been discovered. Robert Prust State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology ...