Belit Onay
Turco-German politician
Photo: Foto-AG Melle, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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- Sep 27
Greens retain Hannover mayoral office as AfD loses run-offs in Lower Saxony
Incumbent Belit Onay secured 61.5% of the vote in Hannover to win an eight-year term, while the AfD failed to win any of the three executive offices it contested across 123 municipal run-offs.
- Sep 14
CDU finishes first in Lower Saxony local elections as AfD surges to 15.9%
Preliminary results from Sunday municipal elections in Lower Saxony put the CDU in first place with 27% of the vote, while the AfD increased its share to 15.9%.
- Jul 27
Berlin Pride attack kills one, injures 29; Hamburg reviews security for next week's CSD parade
A car drove into a crowd at Berlin's Christopher Street Day celebrations late Saturday, killing a woman and injuring 29 people. Authorities have classified it as an Islamist terrorist attack, and Hamburg is reviewing security for its own Pride parade next weekend.
