Lower Saxony is not usually listed as one of the top tourist destinations in Germany, but it has a lot more to offer than you might think. Known as Niedersachsen in German, the northwestern state ...

The German state of Lower Saxony will keep its 20 percent voting stake at Volkswagen AG, shrugging off investor criticism of its special role at the scandal-hit carmaker.

Martin Schulz's Social Democrats (SPD) took over 37 percent of votes in the western state of Lower Saxony, the home of Volkswagen, beating Merkel's CDU at 33.4 to 34.3 percent, according to ...