Nerves rise over AfD threat as state elections in eastern Germany begin With voters rejecting mainstream politics, many expect a disastrous results outcome for Olaf Scholz’s coalition The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024
German Far Right Set For Wins In Key Polls After Attack Voters in two former East German states go to the polls Sunday in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD. The polls in Thuringia and Saxony come just over a week after three people were killed in a… International Business Times · Sep 1, 2024
Man sprays paint at German party leader during campaign event Sahra Wagenknecht attacked while about to speak on stage in run-up to Thuringia and Saxony state elections The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
Refugees worried at rise of Germany's far-right AfD party ahead of regional elections The eastern German regions of Saxony and Thuringia are holding elections this coming Sunday and the far-right AfD party is ahead in the polls. Its leaders are proposing a raft of measures designed to limit immigration and the arrival of more asylum seekers in their regions. If they win power,… France 24 · Aug 30, 2024
In Germany's Industrial East, Old Traumas Boost Far Right In the relatively well-off city of Zwickau, in Germany's former communist east, economic uncertainty and a turbulent history have combined to drive support for the far right ahead of a key regional election. International Business Times · Aug 28, 2024
Far Right Poised For Gains At Key German Regional Polls Voters in two former East German states will go to the polls Sunday in what could be a bad night for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government, with the far-right AfD expected to make big gains. International Business Times · Aug 28, 2024
Far-right Threatens To Scare Off German Industry's New Talent In its search for sorely needed talent, German chipmaker Infineon is looking as far as Guatemala, but the rise of the far-right at home risks making the move unappealing and harming the industry. International Business Times · Mar 6, 2024
Princess Xenia of Saxony Poses Nude For German Playboy Magazine "I have stretch marks and I'm proud to show them," Princess Xenia Gabriela Florence Sophie Iris of Saxony said. International Business Times UK · Feb 8, 2024
Struggles Of Family Farms Fuel German Discontent For more than a century, Marc Bernhardt's family has been running a dairy farm in eastern Germany's Saxony region. International Business Times · Jan 15, 2024
‘A bit strange’: hiking group in Germany reported to police as illegal migrants Club consisting of many Syrians living in Germany has its trip interrupted, as attitudes to migration seem to be hardening The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023
Teenager stabs boy at primary school in Germany ‘before setting himself on fire’ Eight year-old boy attacked at school in Bischofswerda, Saxony, The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
TSMC Plans Up to $11 Billion German Chip Fab Investment: Report TSMC has plans to establish a 28nm chip fab in Saxony, Germany, according to Bloomberg sources. Tom’s Hardware · May 3, 2023
Woman, 75, held in Germany accused of leading far-right terror plot Retired teacher suspected of being ‘ideological brains’ behind group planning kidnappings and power station attacks The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
'Anyone left in Scotland?' Rangers fans take over huge bar to leave RB Leipzig stunned The Ibrox fanbase has made an impression on the Saxony city with fans taking over a boozer in the city. Daily Record · Apr 27, 2022
Zenger · Apr 13, 2022 Slowly Does It Mum: Gentle Slow Loris Shows Off Her Babies Primates are listed as 'endangered' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2022 Priest attacked by wrench-wielding Russian driver for displaying Ukraine flag on car The clip shows Sergey Kosyak, a holy man from Saxony, east Germany, being attacked by a wrench-wielding Russian screaming 'get that f****** Ukrainian flag off your car!'
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2022 Man in Germany Gets 90 COVID-19 Shots to Sell Forged Passes A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated themselves. The man from the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line…
InsideEVs · Jan 28, 2022 Volkswagen ID.5 Enters Series Production In Germany Volkswagen announced the official start of series production of the Volkswagen ID.5 model (and its ID.5 GTX version) in Zwickau in western Saxony, Germany.