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AfD Candidate Ends TV Schwerin Interview After Planned Questions on 2016 Escort Allegations

The aborted exchange revives 2016 reports about alleged escort-service work that led the AfD to block her from a state election list.

German Cities Tighten Poster Rules as Parties Jockey for Prime Locations

Nuremberg SPD Candidate Defends 'Mein N‑Wort ist Nürnberg' Poster as Reclaiming

Supervisory Authority Upholds Exclusion of AfD’s Joachim Paul From Ludwigshafen Mayoral Ballot

AfD’s Emmerich Elected Gelsenkirchen Second Deputy Mayor in Surprise Council Vote

TV Chef Alexander Herrmann Joins CSU Ticket for Kulmbach District Council

Greens' Samet Yilmaz Wins Kiel Mayoral Runoff With 54.1%

Greens and AfD Field Challengers to Ebersberg’s CSU Landrat in 2026 Race

Kiel Mayoral Race Heads to Runoff as Derkowski Leads, Yilmaz Second

AfD Secures Second Vice District Mayor in Gelsenkirchen After Back-to-Back Secret-Ballot Wins

Stefan Gelbhaar Enters Race for Pankow Seat in 2026 Berlin State Election

Kiel Green Mayoral Candidate Faces Allegations Over Support for Event Tied to Grey Wolves

Independent Noosha Aubel Wins Potsdam Mayoral Runoff in Landslide, Ending SPD’s 35-Year Hold

Police Identify 17-Year-Old Daughter as Suspect in Stabbing of Newly Elected Herdecke Mayor

Police Focus on Mayor-Elect Iris Stalzer’s 17-Year-Old Daughter in Stabbing Case

Herdecke Mayor-Elect Iris Stalzer Stabbed; Police Detain Two Children in Case

NRW Runoffs Redraw City Halls as CDU Captures Dortmund and AfD Is Shut Out

NRW Runoffs Decide 147 Local Posts as AfD Challenges and Greens Target Cologne

Cologne Collects Misaddressed Mail-In Ballots After Printer Error Ahead of Runoffs

Germany's Top Court Rejects AfD Politician's Bid to Rejoin Ludwigshafen Mayoral Ballot