On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as the strongest party after elections to the East German parliament, the People's Chamber. The CDU laid claim to the offices of prime ...

East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to have come to power in free and fair elections.On March 18, 1990, ...

An infamous border passage in East Germany calls to mind the need for compassion in this country for those on the wrong side ...

The ambitious renovation replaces fiber reinforced concrete panels with recyclable aluminum and PV cladding, slashing energy ...

After the war, Sichel continued his spy work for the Central Intelligence Agency, reporting on the Soviet Union’s tightening control of East Germany. He would eventually ... beginning in the 1960s.

But it needs one. I immediately thought of German as the most likely language to produce such a word. The grammar of German means that it is a language in many ways uniquely suited to combining ...

Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...

Germany’s opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... The far-right AfD surged in the east, while young voters boosted a left-wing revival. Merz supports Ukraine and may strengthen military aid.

They’re the strongest party in east Germany.” When the Wall came down, reunification followed soon after. Under the leadership of West Germany’s Christian Democrat chancellor Helmut Kohl ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party (AfD) party saw particular support in the former East Germany, as high as 46.7 per cent in some areas. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...