Following the run-off mayoral election on Sunday, the capital of Bavaria is set to have a Green party mayor for the first time - and that's not the only surprising detail of this sensational election.
Municipal and district elections were held across the state of Bavaria on Sunday. Run-off elections will go forward in Munich and several other large cities where legacy party candidates have seen their support slip.
This week Germany's southern states are both holding elections, including state elections in Baden-Württemberg and municipal elections in Bavaria. Here's a look at who, of Germany's foreign nationals, has a chance to participate in each.
The far-right party's Bavarian chapter is further intensifying its hard-line immigration stance in calling for an authoritarian police force similar to the US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
More deportations, tighter immigration rules and the return of nuclear energy – Germany's CSU party has some dramatic policy goals in mind for the coming year that could concern some of the country's foreign residents.
Krampus parades in Bavaria and surrounding regions can make for an unforgettable cultural experience at the start of the festive season. Here’s where you can find the diabolical figure in southern Germany this year.
A picture-perfect Alpine mountain lake in Germany draws so many visitors every summer that the first thing they see is crowded busses, traffic jams and a packed-out carpark.
Germany is not particularly well known for suffering from mass tourism but parts of Bavaria – including the stunning Eibsee – are struggling with overcrowding. How much of a problem is it and how should communities respond?
Some of the harshest critics of legal cannabis come from Germany's southern state, where three cannabis clubs have just been approved. The state's conservative leadership says it doesn't change their goal of repealing the legalisation.
Germany's southern 'Free State' has long been a draw for tourists from around the world. The authors of Lonely Planet travel guides have billed it as one of the world's top destinations to visit in 2025.
With the exception of workers who get a job offer from one of the region's bigger firms, Nuremberg may not be on the radar for many foreigners. But Bavaria's second largest city has more to offer than it gets credit for, writes Paul Krantz.
In a bid to improve lacklustre results in reading and writing following the international PISA study, the state of Bavaria is to overhaul primary education with a greater emphasis on maths and German and proposed cuts to creative arts and English lessons.
Bavaria's state premier Markus Söder has been making headlines during a visit to Sweden. It begs the question: why is he there? And why is he on a stage with hologram versions of the pop legends ABBA?
Seven people including a child
were killed and several others injured early Friday after a minibus believed to be packed with migrants crashed trying to evade a German road check.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's troubled coalition suffered heavy losses in two state elections Sunday seen as a crucial test halfway through its term, while the resurgent far right made new gains.
Germans cast ballots in two key in two key state elections on Sunday in a test for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's fractious coalition halfway through its term, while the resurgent far right may get another boost.
Hubert Aiwanger, the leader of Bavaria's populist Free Voters' party, has been caught up in an anti-Semitism controversy this week, sparking a storm in German media. Here's what to know about the right-wing politician and what he's accused of.
The residents of a village in Lower Bavaria have the power to influence the future of BMW's electric car production in a referendum that pits fears over land use and traffic against the prospect of more jobs and greater prosperity.
Almost four decades after the Chernobyl reactor disaster, many mushrooms, particularly in Bavaria, continue to be contaminated with radioactive cesium.
The German Weather Service (DWD) issued a severe weather warning in several parts of Bavaria on Thursday as the southern state was struck by heavy snowfall and 100km-per-hour winds.
A German-Iraqi woman murdered a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death, police have said as new details emerge of the bizarre case that first came to light last year.
Bavaria is one of Germany's largest and most populous states - and it looks set to grow even bigger in the coming years. Here's what effect migration and other demographic changes could have on the southern Free State.
