The nationalist Alternative for Germany is shunned by other parties domestically. But elsewhere in Europe far-right parties ...

By Katharina PISTORThe question of whether, and how, democracies should defend themselves against subversion has again become a hot-button issue.In Germany, a growing chorus is demanding legal ...

International security authorities have issued an urgent warning to operators of critical infrastructure about Russian actors ...

Two narratives presenting opposing takes on the classification of Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist far-right ...

Germany is wrongly targeting Alternative for Germany via its intelligence service. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also wrong to defend AfD.

In a position paper, the Federal Office for Information Security calls for a central role for the cyber security of energy networks.

In a sweeping move, Berlin’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution outlaws BDS movement, branding it a direct threat to peaceful international order and noting that it crosses a red line into ...

The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has issued a so-called standstill pledge in the AfD's summary proceedings against its classification as a confirmed right-wing ...

The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), or Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution — Germany's equivalent of the FBI — released a 1,000-page report on Friday. In a statement ...

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution last week designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, meaning authorities can step up their surveillance of the party.

The move enables the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to use secret methods to monitor the party, for example, by recruiting confidential informants and intercepting ...