Chemnitz? Many Germans were shaking their heads in disbelief when the eastern German city was chosen to be one of Europe's cultural capitals for 2025. Its image was that of an industrious, if drab, ...

What is Karl Marx's statue doing in Chemnitz, though he never visited the city? And why is Nova Gorica/Gorizia considered a divided city? Meet the European Capitals of Culture 2025. Around 80,000 ...

In almost all of eastern Germany, the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the strongest political force. Even in Chemnitz, this year's European Capital of Culture. "The blue ...

A poster advertising Chemnitz's year as European Capital of Culture is seen in Chemnitz. (Photo by Femke COLBORNE / AFP) Known as Karl-Marx-Stadt under communism and later a notorious hotspot for ...

Known as Karl-Marx-Stadt under communism and later a notorious hotspot for far-right violence, the eastern German city of Chemnitz is now seeking to reinvent itself as a 2025 European Capital of ...

Hundreds of right-wing demonstrators took to the streets in the eastern German city of Chemnitz to demand that foreigners leave the country following the arrest of two migrants in a fatal stabbing ...

Tensions are rising in the east German city after violent demonstrations by the far right Packing away her metal trays of breads and biscuits in Chemnitz’s Peukert bakery, famous for its century-old ...

What is Karl Marx's statue doing in Chemnitz, though he never visited the city? And why is Nova Gorica/Gorizia considered a divided city? Meet the European Capitals ...