Emergency services are battling forest fires in several locations in eastern Germany. Villages have been evacuated in the ...

The ministry added the incident is currently being investigated as an act of sabotage. Local authorities in Thuringia have ...

The majority of people in Germany want stricter laws to protect young people from alcohol and favour eliminating so-called ...

Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, gestures as he walks through the state parliament, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

The police in the German state of Thuringia are thoroughly probing an arson attack against military trucks in Erfurt amid ...

In Thuringia, 38% of people aged between 18-24 gave their vote to the far-right party — compared to 33% overall, according to public broadcaster ARD's Tagesschau election analysis.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with ...

Update: According to preliminary results, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party won the largest portion of the vote in Thuringia’s Sept. 1, 2024, state election — the first such victory ...

Thuringia, which has a population of 2.1 million,holds state elections on Sept. 1, and the fiercely anti-immigration AfD is leading the polls, on 30 percent.

Thuringia is home to dozens of castles and palaces, the legacy of rulings counts, princes and dukes. From the infamous 900-year-old Wartburg Castle in Eisenach , ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government with ...