The deputy leader of Saxony said on Thursday that police there often sympathize with the hard right political movements which have a stronghold in the controversial eastern state.
A march by Germany's anti-Islamic organisation Pegida drew thousands to the eastern city of Dresden on Saturday on a day that saw rallies across Europe in support of the movement.
German police said Tuesday they have arrested 211 far-right extremists who went on a rampage on the sidelines of a xenophobic rally in Leipzig, setting cars on fire and smashing windows.
German authorities said Monday that nearly all the suspects in a rash of New Year's Eve violence against women in
Cologne were "of foreign origin", as foreigners came under attack amid surging tensions.
Police on Saturday fired tear gas and used water cannon to clear a rally in Cologne of the far-right xenophobic Pegida movement, after protesters hurled firecrackers and bottles at officers.
The German city of Cologne, still shaken by a spate of sexual assaults on New Year's Eve was braced on Saturday for a rally of the xenophobic PEGIDA movement.
Online retailer Amazon has said it will donate its profits from selling anti-Islam movement Pegida's Christmas 'hymn' to refugees in Germany, taking a stand in the country's battle over the influx.
Green Party MP Volker Beck has initiated legal proceedings against the anti-Islamic group Pegida and several of its supporters over death threats against him on its Facebook page.
The German city of Dresden, known for its Baroque architecture and romantic Christmas market, worries about the damage to its image caused by the xenophobic protests of the Pegida movement.
Recent experience with movements like the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Pegida have shown that German and other European countries have failed to end racism by act of parliament. The way Europe deals with hate speech needs to change, argues Tom Barfield.
Police arrested two people in Dresden on Monday evening after a cameraman was attacked by anti-Islam demonstrators on the fringes of a much smaller gathering than recent weeks.
Thousands joined a rally of Germany's far-right Pegida movement Monday, cheering a speaker who blamed the Paris jihadist attacks on what he labelled Europe's failed immigration policy.
Residents of the town of Regensburg in central Bavaria have found a rather clever way of blocking demonstrations by the far-right Pegida movement – by block-booking all the town's squares for their own rallies.
Cologne police are gearing up for one of their largest deployments in recent years after it emerged a new demonstration by the "Hooligans against Salafists" (HoGeSa) group that caused havoc in 2014 would take place on Sunday.
In Dresden on Monday thousands of people at a Pegida rally cheered after a speaker said, half in jest, “it's a shame the concentration camps aren't up and running”. It was a moment that showed how far the anti-Islam movement has slid over its year in existence.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Dresden to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the anti-immigrant Pegida movement - but a large number also came to oppose the right-wing group.
Pegida is a reactionary and xenophobic movement. But applying double standards to the group and belittling its followers is only scratching an already infected wound, argues The Local reporter Jörg Luyken.
Germany's anti-Islam party Pegida stepped up its attacks on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday, slamming her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe" and demanding she resign.
Almost declared dead only months ago, Germany’s populist far-right is seeking a comeback amid a record wave of asylum-seekers, hoping to anchor itself in mainstream politics.
Thousands of German anti-Islam protesters on Monday vented their fury at Chancellor Angela Merkel over her welcoming of refugees, accusing her of "high treason" and "crimes against the German people".
People across the eastern state of Saxony took part in demonstrations against refugees being taken into Germany at the weekend, with thousands gathering on the Czech frontier to form a "living border".
A demonstration by the Leipzig faction of anti-Islam group Pegida turned violent on Monday, while Dresden saw a sharp increase in Pegida marchers for the first time in months - both bolstered by an increase in refugees in the country.
When a woman from the outskirts of Dresden contacted a printing company hoping to buy T-shirts emblazoned with the motif "I love Pegida", the shop's reaction came as something of a shock.
