"Women in Divided Germany" is the title of an exhibition 35 years after reunification. It sheds light on the realities of ...

The only time a single parliamentary group secured a majority was for the parliamentary term of 1957 to 1961 when the CDU/CSU won elections in West Germany. Whichever party secures the most votes will ...

Last week, as 1,023 West German electors met in West Berlin’s cavernous East Prussia Hall and by a narrow margin selected Socialist Gustav Heinemann to succeed retiring President Heinrich Lübke ...

Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans have been by this election, which comes at a pivotal moment for their ...

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...

They’re the strongest party in east Germany.” When the Wall came down, reunification followed soon after. Under the leadership of West Germany’s Christian Democrat chancellor Helmut Kohl ...

Russia intends to test Western unity, especially with regard to NATO's collective defence clause, according to Bruno Kahl, ...

Where the AfD has won the most votes The AfD came in first in most constituencies in the former East Germany. Thirty-five years after the reunification of East and West Germany, the country is ...

Some of that support is fuelled by resentment that 35 years after Germany reunified, wages in the east are still lower than the west. People are increasingly disconnected from centrist politicians ...