But the A f D ’s leader, Alice Weidel, intends to become Germany’s chancellor in the election after that, which is due 2029.

Minneapolis one of ‘besten’ places for Oktoberfest Barring Germany and Ohio and about 18 other places, Minneapolis is the place to be for Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest started in the early ...

More than 200,000 protesters have demonstrated in Munich against far-right extremism ahead of the German general election ...

Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, ...

Similarly, a growing number of people in Germany are taking a more conscious approach to drinking. Consuming beer and wine has long been an integral part of culture in the land of Oktoberfest.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A waitress prepares beer mugs in the Augustiner marquee for the start of the 189th ‘Oktoberfest’ beer ...

Sales inside Germany — which account for more than 80% of the total — dropped 2% last year to 6.8 billion liters. A 1.6% increase in exports, fueled by a 3.1% rise in sales to other countries ...

He is a close ally of conservative U.S. President Donald Trump and has, much to the ire of Scholz, spent the past few weeks boosting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of a ...

On the heels of the backlash to his gestures at a Donald Trump inauguration event and his attempts to make Nazi-related jokes on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right party on ...

At the same time, the euro zone will grow by 1.1% and the global economy by 3.2%, BDI said, indicating Germany will remain one of the currency bloc's laggards in economic terms. "The situation is ...