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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has long advocated for “Swiss-style” direct democracy. What does the party hope to achieve with this?

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri Lankan-born woman. She had led her party to second place before Sunday’s election.

The leader of the German far right is in a relationship with Sarah Bossard despite her party's advocacy of the traditional family.

Direct international train services between London and destinations such as Germany and Switzerland could be launched amid plans to boost the capacity of St Pancras station. London St Pancras Highspeed, which owns the station and the high-speed tracks to ...

Proposals to expand cross-channel rail traffic mean travelers from London could one day disembark at destinations deep into the continent.

London St Pancras Highspeed has also partnered with Getlink, the French firm that operates the Channel Tunnel, with the aim of growing international rail links between the UK and Europe. Due to high passenger demand in these regions, Getlink told Metro they hope new direct services could serve five major European cities.

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the opposition leader, the current vice chancellor and — for the first time — a leader of a far-right party.

Plans are underway to almost triple the capacity of London’s St Pancras station, which will bring new train services to European destinations.

St Pancras hopes redesign of international departures area could help bring direct trains to new European locations

Possible new routes include direct trains from London to Bordeaux, Cologne, Frankfurt, Geneva, Marseille, and Zurich.