Following municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, initial projections show center-right CDU set for victory despite far-right gains. Follow DW for the latest.

While the CDU is set for victory, the far-right AfD has tripled its share of voters in North Rhine-Westphalia since the last local elections in Germany's most ...

The AfD has failed to win three run-offs for mayor in major cities in Germany's west, despite other gains. Meanwhile, the German foreign minister is to visit Poland as tensions grow over Russia's ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Alternative for Germany has made strong gains in local elections, underlining the far-right party’s advance in ...

Another day, another report of a robbery at a Sparkasse bank in western Germany. This time, four safe-deposit boxes were ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. German chancellor Olaf Scholz suffered a major setback on Sunday when his Social Democrats slumped to their worst ...

There have now been 53 confirmed cases of right-wing extremist activities in the police force of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state. This was announced by the state interior ...

Last Tuesday, Hendrik Wüst (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) was elected premier of Germany’s biggest state, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The following day he presented the 12 ministers of the ...

Although Germany’s Energiewende is all about reducing consumption and transitioning from nuclear and fossil fuels to renewable energy, it hasn’t completely halted the development of new coal-fired ...