The Social Democrats (SPD) came in first with 30.9% in the Brandenburg state elections, just ahead of the far-right AfD's 29.2%. The election was a comeback for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party ...

Thuringia right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leader Bjoern Hoecke reacts after first exit polls of the Brandenburg state election, in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

The town of Spremberg in the eastern German state of Brandenburg is to receive assistance in tackling a spate of far-right ...

The vote in Brandenburg comes three weeks after the Russia-friendly AfD became the first far-right party to top a state election in Germany since World War II.

Hans-Christoph Berndt, the AfD candidate for Brandenburg state premier, cast his ballot on Sunday in the town of Golssen, south of Berlin, expressing optimism about his party’s prospects with ...

But despite leading in the polls for weeks, the AfD’s vote dipped on election day. Indeed, it only closed the gap by less than two per cent: in 2019, during the last Brandenberg state elections ...

The result of the Brandenburg state election last Sunday follows the same pattern as the elections in Saxony and Thuringia three weeks ago: anger over the federal government’s policies of war ...

On September 1, Brandenburg & Saxony go to the polls in state elections that could be a litmus test for Merkel’s government. Host Sumi Somaskanda looks into the possible implications of the upcoming ...