German far-right politician Björn Höcke has caused outrage with his inflammatory Nazi rhetoric - but the controversy has not deterred his supporters in the eastern town of Sonneberg.
Germany's Defence Minister on Tuesday vowed to severely punish soldiers stationed in Lithuania who were accused of singing
racist and anti-Semitic songs, if the allegations turned out to be true.
Germany's far-right has grown more radical and violent during the Covid-19 pandemic, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Tuesday, presenting a report on threats to the country's democratic order.
The German state of Hesse on Thursday said it was dissolving Frankfurt's elite police force after several officers wereaccused of participating in far-right online chats and swapping neo-Nazi
symbols.
German prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened a probe against 20 police officers, including elite commandos, accused of taking part in far-right online chats and swapping Nazi symbols.
The number of crimes committed by right-wing extremists in post-war Germany jumped to its highest level ever recorded in 2020, according to official figures released on Tuesday.
The far-right AfD will firm up its election manifesto this weekend as Germany prepares for the post-Merkel era, with the
party seeking to reverse a lag in support amid infighting and an ailing effort to capitalise on the pandemic.
The number of crimes committed by right-wing extremists in Germany jumped to its highest level for at least four years in 2020, according to provisional police figures released on Thursday.
A German neo-Nazi was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for murdering pro-migration politician Walter LĂĽbcke, a killing that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism.
Germany's domestic security agency is on the
verge of announcing whether the far-right AfD will be placed under
surveillance for posing a threat to democracy, dealing a potential blow to the anti-immigration party in a key election year.
Two men have been arrested over a series of
arson and threats in Berlin in what investigators believe are far-right
motivated crimes, prosecutors in the German capital said Wednesday.
As Germany battles a second wave of Covid-19, a pattern has begun to emerge: Many of the hardest-hit places are those with strong support for the far right. Is this a coincidence, or is something else happening?
Far-right militants in Europe and the US are
increasingly forming global links and using the coronavirus pandemic to
attract anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists to their cause, a
study commissioned by the German foreign ministry said Friday.
German federal prosecutors have charged 12
alleged far-right conspirators suspected of planning "terrorist attacks" on
politicians, asylum-seekers and Muslims, security service sources told AFP
Thursday.
Right-wing extremism is not a systemic problem in the German police despite hundreds of examples documented in a new report, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Tuesday.
Germany was set to publish a much-anticipated report on right-wing extremism in its security forces on Tuesday after a string of scandals over far-right networks in the police and military.
More than 200 police in western Germany swooped on colleagues accused of spreading "repulsive" far-right propaganda in online chatrooms, a state interior minister said on Wednesday.
Germany is not doing enough to combat the far right, the makers of a German movie about anti-fascist activists claimed
Thursday as it was premiered at the Venice film festival.
Alleged supporters of a far-right militant group went on trial in Germany on Monday accused of taking part in
attacks against officials, refugees and anti-fascist activists.
Right-wing extremists are “completely hijacking” protests against coronavirus restrictions, the deputy head of the police union in Germany has warned.
A German neo-Nazi on trial over the
murder of pro-refugee politician Walter LĂĽbcke admitted Wednesday to the
killing that has shocked the nation and highlighted the growing threat of
right-wing extremism.
German police are facing growing accusations
of links with the far-right scene after a police computer was used to search
for details of a left-wing MP who received death threats.
