Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has expressed some biting comments following the results of the European elections, calling for the resignation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. “[The results] come as a reflection of your inept policy of providing support to the [B]andera authorities in … Ukraine at the cost of […]
BERLIN (AP) — A member of a German far-right party was stabbed and wounded in the southwestern city of Mannheim, German news agency dpa reported Wednesday, only days after a knife attack killed one police officer and left five other people injured in the same city. Dpa reported that a candidate with the far-right Alternative […]
A politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Bavaria has been criminally charged with a range of allegations including incitement, the use of banned extremist symbols, money laundering and coercion. Daniel Halemba, 22, was elected to Bavaria’s state parliament in 2023. His fellow lawmakers have already lifted his parliamentary immunity to allow the […]
BERLIN (AP) — A prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech will go on trial again next month for allegedly using the slogan a second time, a court said Wednesday. The state court in Halle scheduled the proceedings for June 24 […]
A manipulated video of an Indian opposition politician was repeatedly shared online as the Hindu-majority nation held marathon general elections, in posts that falsely claimed it showed him announcing his conversion to Islam. The video fused separate clips to misrepresent remarks made by Kanhaiya Kumar about India’s Muslim minority population. His representative told AFP on […]
A member of the regional state parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has had an ashtray thrown at him in a pub in the northern German city of Schwerin, injuring his head. A 52-year-old man first insulted the politician, Martin Schmidt, just after midnight and then attacked him with the ashtray, the […]
The defence of leading far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Björn Höcke has lodged an appeal against a verdict that has found him guilty of using a banned Nazi slogan, a court spokeswoman confirmed on Thursday. A regional court in the eastern German city of Halle sentenced Höcke to a fine of €13,000 ($14,000) on […]
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event on Wednesday afternoon. Here the Associated Press news agency takes a look at his background. Mr Fico, 59, was born in 1964 in what was then Czechoslovakia. A member of the Communist Party before the […]
A prominent far-right German politician has been found guilty of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech. Björn Höcke, who leads the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state of Thuringia, was on trial for saying the words “Everything for Germany!” at a rally in Merseburg in May 2021. The slogan is associated […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Björn Höcke, has been fined for using a prohibited Nazi slogan, a regional court ruled on Tuesday evening. The regional court in the eastern German city of Halle sentenced Höcke to a fine for using symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations. The court imposed […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Björn Höcke, has been fined for using a prohibited Nazi slogan, a regional court ruled on Tuesday evening. The regional court in the eastern German city of Halle sentenced Höcke to a fine for using symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations. Höcke, 52, is […]
The defence in the trial of German far-right politician Björn Höcke has called for him to be acquitted of a charge that he used a prohibited Nazi slogan, on the grounds that the defendant did not know it was banned. Höcke, 52, is accused of using the slogan “Alles für Deutschland” (Everything for Germany) that […]