A court has convicted one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party of using a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Bjorn Hocke’s trial comes months before a regional election in the eastern state of Thuringia in which he plans to run […]
A court is expected to deliver its verdict in the trial of one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party, who is accused of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech. Bjorn Hocke went on trial at the state court in the eastern city of Halle in mid-April, months before […]
BERLIN (AP) — A court is expected to deliver its verdict Tuesday in the trial of one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party, who is accused of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech. Björn Höcke went on trial at the state court in the eastern city of Halle […]
A prominent Berlin politician was violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head and neck, police have said, in the latest attack on elected officials that raises concern over rising political violence in Germany. Frankziska Giffey, the city’s top economic official, a former mayor and an ex-federal minister, was attacked at an event in a […]
BERLIN (AP) — A prominent Berlin politician was violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head and neck, police said Wednesday, in the latest attack on elected officials that raises concern over rising political violence in Germany. Frankziska Giffey, the city’s top economic official, a former mayor and an ex-federal minister, was attacked at an […]
An embattled Bavarian politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party had his parliamentary immunity lifted on Thursday following new allegations. Daniel Halemba, a 22-year-old member of the Bavarian state parliament, now faces a criminal investigation into allegations of money laundering, coercion and damage to property. Bavarian lawmakers on Thursday voted to lift Halemba’s […]
A politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has lodged an appeal after the Catholic diocese in Trier removed him from a church committee, citing his right-wing political activities. Due to his senior position in the local branch of the AfD, the Vicar General of Trier, Ulrich von Plettenberg, dismissed Christoph Schaufert from […]
A lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will likely stand trial for insulting Bavaria’s conservative state premier, Markus Söder, during a speech last year. Stephan Protschka, who also serves as the AfD’s state chairman in Bavaria, denounced Söder as “Södolf” and called him a “traitor to the state” in a speech during […]
A lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will likely stand trial for insulting Bavaria’s conservative state premier, Markus Söder, during a speech last year. Stephan Protschka, who also serves as the AfD’s state chairman in Bavaria, denounced Söder as “Södolf” and called him a “traitor to the state” in a speech during […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party claimed his innocence in court where he is on trial for the use of a banned Nazi slogan. “I am in fact completely innocent,” the AfD chairman in the state of Thuringia, Björn Höcke, said on Tuesday during the second day of the trial. […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party claimed his innocence in court where he is on trial for the use of a banned Nazi slogan. “I am in fact completely innocent,” the AfD chairman in the state of Thuringia, Björn Höcke, said on Tuesday during the second day of the trial. […]
An adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said in February that the government would implement parts of a white paper that recommended the scrapping and merging of some state-owned entities. Weeks later, social media posts alleged that the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and three others were among those to […]