Can the AfD form a government in Saxony-Anhalt?
Following its record election success, the far-right Alternative for Germany aims to form a government. What options does it have without the absolute majority?
Germany
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Saxony-Anhalt: Germany wakes up to ‘unsettling’ AfD victory
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the Saxony-Anhalt state election but without an absolute majority in parliament. Other European nations were wrestling with the impact of the results. Follow DW.
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Russia announces it is closing Germany’s consulate in St. Petersburg
The tit-for-tat reaction comes after Germany said it is shutting down Russia’s consulate in Bonn and its cultural center in Berlin.
Germany
Chancellor Merz says AfD result ‘changes all of Germany’
A visibly shaken but also determined Friedrich Merz spoke in Berlin about the AfD’s election victory in Saxony-Anhalt and the CDU’s bitter defeat. He insisted on sticking to his reforms.
World
War criminal Mladic buried with military honors in Belgrade
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide in Srebrenica, has been buried in Belgrade. The funeral, broadcast live on TV, comes just days before President Vucic is expected to call an election.
Climate
Carbon capture tech exists. Scaling it up is the hard part
Europe just opened a carbon capture and storage plant billed as the continent’s largest. But global climate scenarios call for far more capacity than exists anywhere on Earth.
World
Pakistan: Can creating new provinces fix governance?
Pakistanis broadly agree that the country needs more responsive and effective government, but many question whether simply creating more provinces is the solution.
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EU’s Von der Leyen pledges $232 million Greenland investment
The EU is preparing a major investment package and closer political ties with the Danish Arctic territory amid Donald Trump’s demand for greater US control of the mineral-rich island.
World
Threatening letters revive fears among Kashmiri Pandits
Leaked addresses and phone numbers have reignited fears among Hindu government employees who returned to Muslim-majority Kashmir under a rehabilitation scheme.
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Russia opens first road bridge with North Korea
Russia and North Korea have opened their first road bridge across the Tumen River as political, economic and military ties between the two countries deepen.