Senior lawmakers propose raising tobacco taxes to address billions in health insurance shortfalls, which would increase price of a 20-pack of cigarettes to around $13 - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The system's reform, agreed in 2024, will become legally binding in Germany and throughout the EU in June 2026. Germany's ...

Ahead of a series of key state elections, one conservative premier’s decision to step aside is intended to prevent the AfD ...

Since its founding, the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has stood in opposition. In 2026, it hopes to win state-level governing power and perhaps more.

Elections in two former communist states — where the AfD is likely to win, but remain short of a majority — are cause for particular concern. Such an outcome would put Merz in a bind because forming a ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said that in his view, Vice President JD Vance has “offered comfort” to people on the right ...

One has a celebrity brother, one admires New York‘s mayor, one is considered a „TikTok poster boy“ — these politicians matter in 2026.

German authorities have opened an investigation after two people were injured in a violent incident during a pro-YPG demonstration, amid a series ...

The rift seems to signal that ideological alignment alone may not be enough to temper worries among European nationalists ...

German chancellor Friedrich Merz described “certain sectors” of his country’s economy as being in “very critical” condition ...

Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led ...

As Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and German chancellor Friedrich Merz meet today in Rome, the EU faces a number of ...