Tino Chrupalla

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday urged parties to avoid collaborating with the far right, after the AfD made record gains in two regional polls and his own coalition suffered a heavy defeat a year before a general election.

A screen shows first exit polls of the state election in Thuringia at the headquarters of Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party, SPD, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

Germany's far-right AfD was Monday celebrating a landmark win in a regional vote, sending a shot across the bows of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government a year ahead of national elections.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met on Thursday with Tino Chrupalla, Alternative for Germany (AfD) whip in the German Bundestag.

The parties agreed the level of Serbia-Germany bilateral ties was high and noted the significance of political dialogue involving all relevant political actors, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.