While West Germany continued to enjoy its brightly lit prosperity, the eastern half of the divided country was in gloomy ... for a general uprising are present in East Germany—just as much ...

Closely watched elections in the former East Germany are likely to reveal a still-divided country and yield a worrying challenge to Berlin. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger traveled for three ...

Germany's far-right party is dominating polls in the ... much higher in East Germany, and mainstream parties have less of a loyal base in the region, where they were not as present prior to ...

Berlin, located in the center of East Germany, was a microcosm of the whole country, as it, too, was divided into eastern and western zones separated by the Berlin Wall. The Cold War produced a ...

The stark east-west divide in national ... regions as the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) dominated the east, cementing its role in the country’s politics as it secured a huge ...

It rose in prominence six years ago after former Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed more than a million migrants from war-torn countries in the Middle East to resettle in Germany. Sponsor Message ...