German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats narrowly beat the far-right AfD in a state election Sunday in the formerly communist east, a rare bit of good news for his party.

Sunday's vote followed a heated election campaign centred on the issues of migration, internal security and peace.

Global leaders gather for climate meetings in New York as growing mistrust is highlighted. Germany's SPD fends off far-right ...

The Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz have won an election in the eastern German state of Brandenburg ...

An exit poll released after voting ended in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday showed the Social Democrats with a ...

A state election is taking place in Brandenburg on Sunday, three weeks after a far-right party made gains in two other states ...

The Social Democrats (SPD) led by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz narrowly outpaced the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

The narrow win by Olaf Scholz’s party came in a state election, the third in a series that was seen as a reflection of the ...

The SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 30.9% of the vote, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats were narrowly ahead of the far-right AfD Sunday in a state election in the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) managed to fend off the far-right AfD in a state election in ...

Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where ...