alternative

Hertha star taking legal action over AfD Twitter pic

Hertha Berlin's Marvin Plattenhardt said on Sunday he would take legal action against Germany's right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) for posting a picture on Twitter of him alongside one of their politicans.

medicine

Three dead after treatment at alternative cancer clinic

German and Dutch police are probing the deaths of three cancer sufferers, who had all sought treatment at an alternative clinic in western Germany.

facebook

Anti-euro party turns anti-feminist

UPDATE: The youth wing of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has launched a campaign on its Facebook page targeting feminism as a "left-wing" ideology and encouraging people to post reasons to reject it.

Netherlands

Japanese-Dutch partners tie windparks to Germany

Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation and Dutch power grid operator TenneT said on Wednesday they were teaming up to connect four off-shore windparks to the German national grid.