Initial projections show the center-right CDU set to win municipal elections across North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state. The far-right AfD party made major gains in the vote. Follow ...

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia officially launched the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr bid for the Olympic and Paralympic ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has emerged as the strongest party in local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, according to initial projections ...

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 ...

Alternative for Germany (AfD), the German far-right party that has been backed by Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump, tripled its vote share in municipal elections in the industrial state of ...

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 ...

The CDU and SPD managed to hold off the rising challenge from the far-right AfDDieter Menne/dpa/picture alliance Candidates from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have failed to win ...