In the summer of 1950, farmers across East Germany began finding their potato crops stripped bare. The culprit was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tourists at the border fence of Mödlareuth, a village in eastern Germany known as "Little Berlin." Andreas Drouve/dpa Two families ...

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.

A record influx of refugees to Germany has cast an ugly spotlight on its formerly communist east, which has been rocked by a disproportionate wave of racist protests and hate crimes. Small towns such ...

BERLIN — Wildfires eastern Germany have severely injured two firefighters and forced the evacuation of more than 100 residents. Nearly 500 firefighters were battling the fires that broke out Tuesday ...

“Shock!“ was a most common reaction. Yet the two elections in eastern Germany were not all that surprising, just somewhat better or worse than expected, depending on which side you were on. In ...