The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election on Feb. 23. The economy is a key factor contributing to the party's ...

Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant in southeastern Germany symbolizes the unresolved conflict between the former East and West Germany. It is the birthplace of Audi and produced the Trabant, the people’s car ...

(CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of ...

For nearly a quarter-century, the Berlin Wall had cut off Communist-ruled East Germany from democratic West Germany and most of the rest of Europe. That changed when the wall was opened Nov. 9, 1989 — ...

Germany's far-right party is dominating polls in the country's eastern region less than two weeks before the federal elections on Feb. 23 — and economic concerns have played a part in its popularity.