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Germany revokes the asylum status of an Assad loyalist

Immigration authority says the pro-regime Syrian who found a platform in the far-right anti-immigrant AfD is not under threat of persecution.

Yerevan invited Germany’s ultra-nationalist MPs to Armenia

A group of German AfD MPs visited Yerevan to show support to Armenia amid Azerbaijan’s de-occupation campaign to liberate Nagorno-Karabakh.

German far-right politician says migrants can be shot or gassed

Christian Luth, the former spokesperson of Germany’s far-right AfD has been sacked from the party.

Potential Merkel successor Laschet loses support in local German election

The elections come as the CDU looks ahead to a congress in December when it must choose a new leader.

German police arrest hundreds as people protest against Covid-19 curbs

Berlin police broke up a mass protest against coronavirus measures and arrested 300 in the German capital after demonstrators failed to keep their distance and wear masks as instructed.

Merkel’s party risks normalising far-right in desperate bid to hold power

Annegert Kramp-Karrenbauer has given up her post as Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and is no longer seen as a favourite for Germany’s chancellorship after a political scandal in Thuringia.

German state premier quits after 'unforgivable' far-right vote

Newly elected premier of Thuringia state Thomas Kemmerich calls for dissolution of assembly after Chancellor Angela Merkel says his election with support from her party and far-right AfD was inexcusable.

Jewish groups voice fear over German far-right surge

Led by Bjoern Hoecke, the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim Alternative for Germany party doubled its score from the previous election in 2014 to 23.4 percent.

Germany's neo-Nazi epidemic

The rise of right-wing extremism in Germany should give everyone cause for concern and authorities need to stop treating it like it can be easily swept under the rug.

Germany’s far-right expands its influence in former East

The anti-Islam and anti-refugee Alternative for Germany came second in regional elections in Brandenburg and Saxony.

Merkel allies weather far-right surge in German regional elections

Merkel's Christian Democrats remained the largest party in Saxony but saw their vote share drop by 7.4 points from the last election in 2014 to 32 percent, with the far-right Alternative for Germany coming second, preliminary results showed.

'Earthquake' elections in east Germany could jolt Merkel's coalition

Both Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and the SPD are expected to lose support to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Brandenburg and Saxony.