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Germany raises its threat assessment to "high", orders the closure of Russia's consulate in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Russian House in Berlin, and tightens entry controls for Russian nationals after attributing the drone attacks at Leipzig-Halle Airport, Saxony, last month to Russia.
2026-09-1

Two people are killed and 22 others are injured, including two seriously, after a car was driven into a crowd of people in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested and the incident is being investigated.
2026-05-4

The United States declares four Antifa groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, including the Germany-based Antifa Ost, who was involved in the attempted murder of three neo-Nazi individuals in Saxony and Thuringia. The U.S. government is also pursuing action against three other antifa groups in Italy and Greece, including the Informal Anarchist Federation.
2025-11-14

Two people are severely injured in a stabbing attack at an Aldi supermarket in Rochlitz, Saxony, Germany.
2025-04-17

Parliamentary elections in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia show large gains for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party and the left-wing populist Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht party as well as losses for the left-wing and liberal parties of the governing coalition and for the socialist The Left party. In Thuringia, a far-right party comes in first place in a state election for the first time since World War II.
2024-09-1

Four people are killed and 35 others are injured after a double-decker FlixBus overturns and crashes on the Bundesautobahn 9 near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
2024-03-27

A Syrian man is jailed for manslaughter in relation to a stabbing in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany last year. The killing sparked far-right protests and riots in the city.
2019-08-22

The Landtag of the Free State of Saxony has lifted the immunity of Frauke Petry, Party Chair in the Alternative for Germany party, opening the way for prosecutors to pursue possible perjury charges against her concerning statements made to a committee of the Saxony parliament about how the party’s campaign for the 2014 election was financed.
2017-08-29

A planned refugee shelter is set on fire in Bautzen, German state of Saxony.
2016-02-20

Xenophobic mob blocks a refugee bus in Clausnitz, German state of Saxony.
2016-02-18