Still, it will have additional seats in the state legislatures and will have the numbers, particularly in Thuringia, to interfere with some governing decisions. A far-left party, Sahra Wagenknecht ...

Two leading candidates of the conservative CDU and the far-right AfD in the state of Thuringia, Mario Voigt and Björn Höcke, clashed over issues such as migration and Europe. A good five months ...

DW has more. AfD won the election in the state of Thuringia In Saxony, the CDU was in first place, ahead of the AfD, which came a close second Voters in the two eastern states were electing new ...

Nestled in the heart of the German state of Thuringia, Weimar is a tiny city that has influenced the entire country politically, artistically, and culturally. Located on the southern slopes of ...

02/24/2025 February 24, 2025 The premier of the eastern German state of Thuringia, Mario Voigt, told DW that his party, the conservative Christian Democrats, and its Chancellor Friedrich Merz will ...

Pictures from the scene in Gera, a German city in the eastern region of Thuringia, show burned upholstery in a public tram ...

Thomas Kemmerich of the centrist Free Democratic Party walked away from the leading the central German state of Thuringia on Thursday. The decision came a day after he had been elected leader of ...

Now 38% of voters under the age of 25 in the eastern German state of Thuringia voted for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany, or AfD. The party is also the strongest force among young ...

Police in the state of Thuringia said the 46-year-old husband of the critically injured woman surrendered at the Gera police station on Monday. The victim, also 46, was doused with a combustible ...

Analytik Jena is a partner in the ZirKat research project, which was launched by Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences. The ZirKat project, funded by the EU and the state of Thuringia, is part of ...