The stark east-west divide in national vote share from Germany’s national election on Sunday has been revealed in new data. News agency Reuters has created a map using result figures that show a ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

You only have to look at a map of Germany to see where much of ... Over the second half of the 20th century, East and West Germany reflected the Cold War ideologies of Russia and the US.