BERLIN (AP) � Germany’s closely fought election on Sunday will set the direction of the European Union’s most populous country after 16 years under Angela Merkel. The chancellor’s party is scrambling to avoid defeat by its center-left rivals after a rollercoaster campaign. The environmentalist Greens also are eyeing at least a share of power. About
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BERLIN (AP) � The three candidates hoping to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, and the four leaders of the other parties currently in parliament, have clashed over a variety of topics during the last televised debate before Sunday’s election. As opposed to previous debates that focused on climate change, poverty and other domestic topics,
BERLIN (AP) � A German court has ordered a small far-right party to take down election posters with the slogan “Hang the Greens.� The decision overturned a ruling by a lower court. Authorities in the eastern city of Zwickau earlier this month said the tiny Third Way party must remove the posters. The party went
BERLIN (AP) � A German court has ruled that a small far-right party can continue to put up election posters with the slogan “Hang the Greens� that authorities in an eastern city ordered removed. However, the court said Tuesday that the posters put up by the tiny III. Weg (Third Way) party must be kept
LONDON (AP) � The Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens have agreed a power-sharing deal that falls short of an official coalition government but could pave the way to another referendum on Scotland’s independence from the U.K. in the coming couple of years. The two parties, who have been locked in negotiations since May
BERLIN (AP) � Germany’s governing parties made an unusual show of solidarity with their main challengers Thursday by denouncing an advertising campaign targeting the environmentalist Greens. The ads that appeared in dozens of cities less than two months before the country’s national election feature a wilted version of the Green party’s sunflower symbol, phrases such
Thousands of acres of fruits and vegetables grown in Florida are being plowed over or left to rot because farmers can’t sell to restaurants, theme parks or schools nationwide that have closed because of the coronavirus.