On Sunday evening a political earthquake rattled the Ruhr. For the first time in 79 years, Dortmund will not have a Social Democrat mayor. The SPD, once the party of local coal miners, has been ...

Düsseldorf, Cologne, Duisburg, Gelsenkirchen and Hagen were under particular scrutiny. In the latter three cities, AfD candidates contested mayoral posts for the first time in the history of NRW.

The AfD has failed to win three run-offs for mayor in major cities in Germany's west, despite other gains. Meanwhile, the ...

Nearly 10 million people in Germany were eligible to vote on Sunday as mayoral run-off elections took place in North ...

Jose Mourinho returns to Chelsea tomorrow night with Benfica as he looks to work his magic on Matchday Two of the Champions League. The ...