Keyword "Sachsen" - List of latest news (7 results)

10/03 DB: Detours and failures on the route between Dresden and Leipzig

Bad news for commuters in Saxony: Due to a construction site, detours and failures on the Dresden-Leipzig route occur for months.

23/01 Far-right AfD could be next after German court defunds neo-Nazi party

Germany's constitutional court on Tuesday approved a request to withdraw public funds from the neo-Nazi Homeland party, offering what one official called a possible "blueprint" for action against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

13/09 5 Fun Facts About Germany’s Oktoberfest, The World’s Largest Beer Festival

Munich, Germany’s famed Oktoberfest began in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.

12/09 Five Fun Facts About Germany’s Oktoberfest, The World’s Largest Beer Festival

Munich, Germany’s famed Oktoberfest began in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.

26/06 East German anger boils over in far-right win

Angry voters where Germany's far-right AfD party won its first district election over the weekend say they were out to punish the political establishment in Europe's top economy.

10/06 Row erupts in Germany over restitution of Benin bronzes

In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December returned 22 artefacts, looted during the colonial era, to what is now Nigeria.

16/05 German court sentences five over spectacular museum heist

A German court on Tuesday sentenced five members of a criminal gang to up to six years in prison for snatching priceless 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in what local media have dubbed the biggest art heist in modern history.