Thousands of people protested in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Thursday after the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Meanwhile, AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla thanked police for their efforts and accused protesters of "anti-democratic" behavior. Saxony and a number of other states in eastern Germany are seen as ...

Protesters also plan to block entrances to the conference venue where the AfD campaign event is to be held. A helicopter and drones were being used in police operations, according to the statement.

RIESA, Germany (AP) — A convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was met by protests on Saturday as it and other ... is holding a two-day gathering in Riesa — in the eastern state of ...

Officers cleared protesters from the streets ... marked the beginning of campaign season ahead of Germany’s elections next month. In Riesa, Saxony—a stronghold of AfD—a significant police ...

RIESA, Germany — A convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was met by protests on Saturday ... in Riesa - in the eastern state of Saxony, one of its strongholds - to formally ...

A convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was met by protests on Saturday as it ... in Riesa — in the eastern state of Saxony, one of its strongholds — to formally nominate ...

A heavy police presence was in place in Riesa — in the eastern state of Saxony, a stronghold of Alternative for Germany, or AfD — and officers cleared some protesters from the streets.

Thousands of protesters shouting “No to Nazis” gathered in the German town of Riesa, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ... in the eastern state of Saxony.

A conference of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was met by protests on Saturday ... in the eastern state of Saxony, one of its strongholds, to formally nominate co-leader Alice ...