BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party finished first in municipal polls in Germany’s most populous state, but the ...

After Germany's local elections, the CDU made significant gains, winning in Dortmund, Leverkusen and Bielefeld. Despite ...

Initial projections from Sunday evening showed that the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has emerged as the strongest party in local elections in Germany's most populous state, North ...

The CDU remains the strongest party after local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Greens have emerged as the clear losers.On Sunday, around 13.7 million people went to the polls in Germany's ...

As many as six candidates for Germany's far-right AfD have died in recent weeks ahead of local elections in the big western ...

The AfD was classified as a right-wing extremist organization by Germany's spy agency in May, but the description has been ...

Six members of Germany’s right-wing AfD party have died within weeks of each other, sparking conspiracy theories despite ...

Alternative for Germany, which came in second in national elections earlier this year, nearly tripled its vote share in in North Rhine-Westphalia, a region home to some 18 million ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Dozens of Kurds are running in local elections taking place in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday, eyeing stronger representation at the municipal ...

Officials are seeking to calm speculation after the deaths of several candidates, including seven from the Alternative for ...

Seven candidates from the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks preceding the Sept. 14, 2025, local elections in the German state of North ...

Macron, Merz, Tusk praised Moldovans for their peaceful elections and reaffirmed support for country's EU membership bid - ...