Hui Min NEO

Federal spokesman of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alexander Gauland speaks during the party congress of the party's youth party "Junge Alternative" in Seebach, eastern Germany, on June 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Alexander Prautzsch)

October 10, 2018, 5:06 pm

German historians accuse far-right chief of echoing Hitler

Experts say column by AfD party’s Gauland assailing the ‘globalized class’ for threatening his ‘homeland’ strikingly similar to Nazi leader’s 1933 speech demonizing Jews

By Hui Min NEO

Riot police following the cancellation of a city festival on August 26, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, after a 35-year-old German national died in the hospital following a "dispute between several people of different nationalities," according to the police. (AFP Photo/dpa/Andreas Seidel)

August 27, 2018, 4:47 pm

Merkel condemns ‘hunting down’ of foreigners as far-right calls new protest

Counter-demonstration also announced following riot in Chemnitz over killing of German national by ‘several people of different nationalities’

By Hui Min NEO

June 17, 2018, 12:01 pm

On a bike, ex-child refugee retraces escape from Nazi Germany

Paul Alexander, 81, will pedal 600 miles with son, grandson and 39 others to pay tribute to Kindertransport program that saved thousands of Jewish children

By Hui Min NEO

Roses cover the photo of the 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman killed in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, June 8, 2018 (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

June 9, 2018, 2:19 am

Outrage in Germany, and questions for police, after murder, rape of Jewish girl

Efforts underway to have suspect in killing of Susanna Feldman sent back from Iraq to face trial; case raises fresh doubts about Berlin’s policy toward migrants

By Hui Min NEO

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference on November 27, 2017, in Berlin, following a meeting with her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's leadership. (AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL)

March 12, 2018, 12:06 pm

Some Germans fear nationalist resurgence with new ‘homeland’ ministry

Government launches new ‘Heimat,’ or homeland, ministry; term loaded with happiness connotations, but also with memories of Nazi-era past, causing controversy

By Hui Min NEO

President of the German Federal Intelligence Agency (BND) Bruno Kahl (L) leaves after a meeting with members of the Parliamentary Control Panel (PKGr) at the parliament in Berlin after Russian hackers infiltrated Germany's foreign and interior ministries' online networks, March 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / DPA / Kay Nietfeld / Germany OUT)

March 1, 2018, 8:07 pm

Cyber attack ‘ongoing’ against German government network

Russian hackers who attacked parliament’s IT system in 2015 believed behind new assault on broader network that includes foreign and interior ministries

By Hui Min NEO

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel cheers after delivering her speech during the party's congress on February 26, 2018 in Berlin. (AFP Photo/Stefanie Loos)

February 26, 2018, 9:31 pm

Merkel wins party backing for coalition, while vowing renewal

German chancellor, 63, to be oldest member of new cabinet, which is ‘future oriented’ and includes critics from right

By Hui Min NEO and Deborah Cole

Metal roofing sheets from a supermarket blocking a road in Menden, western Germany, as the region is hit by the storm named 'Friederike,' January 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/dpa/Markus Kluemper/Germany OUT)

January 19, 2018, 1:35 am

Nine dead as huge storms batter Europe

Rail services face heavy disruptions, flights scrapped due to hurricane-force winds across continent; Israel airline diverts air traffic amid heavy rains and wind lashing

By Hui Min NEO and JO BIDDLE

This photo taken on July 1, 2015 shows defendant and German former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", at court in Lueneburg, northern Germany, ahead of his trial. (2017. / AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN)

December 29, 2017, 2:31 pm

‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’, 96, loses appeal against jail

Court rejects claim imprisonment would violate ‘right to life’ for ex-Nazi SS guard Oskar Groening, an accessory to 300,000 murders

By Hui Min NEO

Women covered with Israeli (L) and Polish flags (R) pay their respect at the memorial shift for the victims of the 2016 deadly truck attack at the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche during the commemorations marking one year after it occurred, on December 19, 2017 in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ)

December 19, 2017, 10:48 pm

A year after Christmas market attack, Germany admits failings

‘They have not even tried to listen to us, to understand our needs,’ says brother-in-law of Israeli woman killed in ramming attack

By Hui Min NEO

This combination of file photos on December 1, 2017 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Martin Schulz, leader of Germany's social democrat SPD party. (AFP/Odd Andersen, AFP/Tobias Schwarz)

December 1, 2017, 4:01 pm

Schulz ready for tense talks with Merkel on ending German impasse

Merkel’s bid to form a coalition with the ecologist Greens and pro-business FDP fell apart last month, leaving the European giant in limbo

By Hui Min NEO

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Angela Merkel (C) is seen during a break in talks with members of potential coalition parties to form a new government on November 19, 2017 in Berlin. (AFP Photo/Tobias Schwartz)

November 20, 2017, 2:07 am

German coalition talks break down, raising prospect of new election

Merkel’s fourth term in doubt as Free Democratic Party leader says no ‘basis of trust’ to forge government over immigration policy disagreement

By Hui Min NEO

Illustrative: German leaders of the parliamentary group of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party Alexander Gauland (bottom-R) and Alice Weidel (bottom-L) and MPs vote to adopt functioning rules during the first session of the newly elected parliament on October 24, 2017 at the Bundestag in Berlin. (AFP/Odd Andersen)

October 24, 2017, 4:39 pm

Far-right AfD invokes Nazi Goering as they debut in German parliament

Party promises as ‘new era,’ vows to nominate vice chair who wants to remove Muslim religious freedom

By Hui Min NEO

Supporters of the Alternative for Germany party react after exit poll results were broadcast on public television at an election night event in Erfurt, eastern Germany, during the general election on September 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/dpa/Martin Schutt)

September 25, 2017, 5:47 pm

After ballot box success, far-right AfD riven by bitter infighting at the top

Within hours of its unprecedented election showing, co-chief Frauke Petry and four lawmakers in state parliament of Mecklenburg-Pomerania announce split from party

By Hui Min NEO

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is surrounded by party board members as she delivers a speech, after the German parliament elections at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union CDU in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

September 24, 2017, 8:34 pm

Hard-right AfD surges into German parliament as Merkel wins fourth term

On course for lackluster victory, reelected chancellor says nationalist party’s entry into Bundestag poses a ‘big challenge’

By Deborah Cole and Hui Min NEO