Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony, leaves a closed meeting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Lower Saxony.

Long queues of cars have been forming at a drive-in in north-western Germany this month, with customers looking to buy not ...

Elections in Lower Saxony have complicated German Chancellor Angela Merkel's federal coalition calculus as her conservative party finished second in a close race with the Social Democrats. Three weeks ...

Aug 30 - Fitch Ratings has published the German federated State of Lower Saxony's Long-term local and foreign currency ratings of 'AAA'. The agency has assigned a Short-term foreign currency rating of ...

Leading figures from Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) called for stricter oversight of Volkswagen today in the wake of a scandal involving the carmaker and a ...

Three weeks after the federal election in Germany, the state of Lower Saxony is holding an election for a new regional parliament. The poll could reveal voter sentiment as coalition talks are held in ...

The Social Democrats won a key state election in Germany at the weekend, while the Greens got a major boost. What does the vote tell us about the state of German politics right now? On Sunday the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Lower Saxony, Volkswagen's second-largest shareholder, said it will hold on to its stake in the carmaker despite one of the German state's two main parties calling for changes in ...

HANOVER, Germany - The likely new leader of the German state of Lower Saxony on Tuesday promised continuity in the oversight of Volkswagen after Social Democrat Stephan Weil said he would stand down ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Germany’s Social Democratic party has won a crucial regional election in the northern state of Lower Saxony, but ...