Police in the eastern German state of Saxony are investigating suspected election fraud after finding numerous postal ballots manipulated in favour of the fringe far-right extremist Free Saxons party.

This region used to power the former East Germany with its coal mines. But as the economy collapsed, the far right rose. In cities like Görlitz, hard on the Polish border, change has disturbed ...

Provisional election results in the eastern German state of Saxony have been corrected, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) now projected to receive one seat fewer in the next state ...

Behind the picturesque old towns and cobbled streets of the east German Saxony cities of Zittau and Görlitz lie decaying, abandoned houses. Alongside the boarded windows, old German script etched ...

The election commissioner for Saxony has said that the seat tallies published in preliminary final results gave one too many seats to the CDU and AfD, and one too few to the SPD and the Greens.

The provisional result of the Saxon state election must be corrected. Due to a software error, an incorrect distribution of seats had been published, the state electoral administration announced ...

In neighboring Saxony, the AfD is on track to finish a strong second, with 30.6 percent — just 1.3 points behind the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU). Results will be confirmed by state ...

Voters in the two eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony will elect new regional parliaments on September 1 in elections that could prove disastrous for the deeply unpopular parties in chancellor ...

BAUTZEN, Germany — A thousand revelers waving rainbow flags and bright umbrellas marched through the streets, moving to the pulsing dance music that blasted from a trailer decorated in ...

In Saxony, the AfD also achieved over 30 percent ... the standard of living in the East is significantly lower than in the West. Especially in rural areas, ageing, decaying infrastructure, a ...

After voting closed on Sunday, the AfD was projected to become the strongest party in the eastern state of Thuringia, with 32.8% of the vote, and to come a close second in Saxony, with 30.6% of ...