Often called a “mega-city,” the Ruhr area is home to 12 cities that stretch over 70 miles, creating a densely populated and interconnected urban jungle. With over five million residents, it is ...

“If the old parties had done their jobs properly then the AfD would not exist,” Ingolf complains, echoing a common sense that the rest of Germany ... the east when compared to the west ...

The results underscore the ongoing divide between what was once East and West Germany. The largest political parties of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social-Democratic Party of Germany (SPD ...

Most were civilians trying to flee to the West from communist East Germany. The 327 includes 262 who died at the Berlin Wall, and 24 East German border guards who were shot while on duty.