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 Culture.
The Saxonian city of Chemnitz was named European capital of culture for 2025 on Wednesday, meaning it beat off competition from Hanover, Nuremberg, Hildesheim and Magdeburg. Here are some fascinating facts about the city.
Eight members of a neo-Nazi cell were jailed Tuesday after a German court found them guilty of forming a "terrorist organisation" that was planning a campaign of violence.
The trial of a neo-Nazi "terrorist" cell accused of plotting a violent political uprising in Germany opened Monday amid reports the country's far-right scene is growing more armed and radical.
A police report highlights new evidence that the hunting down of foreigners - which was disputed - did take place in Chemnitz in eastern Germany a year ago.
A giant Karl Marx statue towers in the east German city of Chemnitz but, 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell,
another political wind is blowing here as the ex-communist city battles the image of a far-right hotbed.
A 24-year-old Syrian man was sentenced to nine
and a half years in jail Thursday for a knife killing that sparked racist
street violence and far-right protests in the eastern German city of Chemnitz.
A 24-year-old Syrian man is expected to face a
court verdict Thursday over a knife killing that sparked far-right street
violence and protests in the eastern German city of Chemnitz.
The Saxony state elections, where the AfD is expected to make big gains, take place a year after anti-foreigner protests broke out in Chemnitz. The Local found out how the city is trying to recover.
Defence lawyers for a Syrian man on trial in Germany insisted Monday he is innocent of a knife killing that sparked racist street violence and far-right protests in the eastern city of Chemnitz last year.
A Syrian man went on trial Monday accused of a knife killing that sparked racist street violence and far-right protests in the eastern German city of Chemnitz last year.
Fourth-tier German club Chemnitzer FC has filed a complaint with local prosecutors and fired several staff members over a pre-match tribute to a recently deceased fan with neo-Nazi links.
German prosecutors have laid manslaughter charges against a Syrian man over a knife killing four months ago that sparked far-right street protests and a political crisis.
This year the Saxon city of Chemnitz became widely known for anti-foreigner protests. In our Weekend Wanderlust, we discover what the city – and the surrounding area – is like beyond the headlines.
A group of artists is calling on members of the public to name and shame “problem Germans” who took part in far-right rallies in eastern Germany earlier this year. But it has raised concerns over privacy.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was
forced to defend her refugee policy on Friday in a highly anticipated visit to
an eastern city hit by xenophobic protests that shocked the country earlier this year.
It’s not every day a civil servant sparks a political crisis that threatens to bring down the government. But that’s what happened in Germany during the saga of the country’s former domestic intelligence boss Hans-Georg Maaßen. But it looks like his mouth has finally cost him his job. Here’s the lowdown.
Far-right protests and xenophobia in Chemnitz made headlines across the world earlier this year and created an image that’s hard to shake. But two festivals are challenging perceptions of the city.
The Monday arrests of seven alleged right-wing terrorists once again cast an uncomfortable spotlight on extremism in on the eastern German state of Saxony, where Chemnitz is located and which is a stronghold of the far-party AfD.
On Monday, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office arrested six men in Saxony and Bavaria on suspicion of forming an armed right-wing terrorist organization.
For a spymaster, Hans-Georg Maaßen seemed unusually receptive to the media - while secret agents typically work in the shadows, the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency gave more interviews than any of this predecessors.
