Former German chancellor Angela Merkel called on people to stand up for freedom and democracy on Thursday, in an appeal coming days after the historic success of a far-right party in a German state ...

Germany experienced one of Europe's largest recent migration waves after Angela Merkel's government opened the country to large numbers of refugees, including many fleeing Syria. The video says more ...

The American-Hungarian writer, a Peabody Award winner, has avoided Budapest for years but she's now returned to because her novel about her parents, "Enemies of the People", has been adapted for the ...

At 79, the former president of the European Central Bank, who no longer holds any official office, remains at the heart of ...

In 2011, Ms. Merkel made the fateful decision to close Germany’s fairly modern, accident-free fleet of nuclear generating ...

European societies are facing a rising tide of young right-wing parties. In Germany the most prominent is the Alternative for Germany (AfD). It was founded in 2013 under the leadership of conservative ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has described the resounding victory for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt as "simply shocking. " Speaking at an event ...

Explore the significance of the AfD's electoral victory in Saxony-Anhalt and its implications for Germany and the EU.

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel called the results in Saxony-Anhalt "simply shocking," and warned of the dangers of feelings ...

Opinion: Germans looking for answers to the country’s mounting problems are instead getting governments unable to reach ...