all names

Ost place

Named in 7 reports across 7 stories - 1 Sept – 2 Oct
1 Sept 20262 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Ost. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Ost.

AfD and West share 2 reportsWest and Westen share 2 reportsOstbeauftragte and West share 2 reportsAfD and Westen share 1 reportElisabeth Kaiser and West share 1 reportDeutschland and West share 1 reportElisabeth Kaiser and Ostbeauftragte share 1 reportBundesregierung and Ostbeauftragte share 1 reportAfD and Friedrich Merz share 1 reportAfD and James Hawes share 1 reportJames Hawes and Westen share 1 reportJames Hawes and West share 1 reportDeutschland and Friedrich Merz share 1 reportAfD and Deutschland share 1 reportFriedrich Merz and West share 1 reportBundesregierung and West share 1 reportOstWestWest - 6 shared reports (place)AfDAfD - 2 shared reports (organization)Ostbeauftra…Ostbeauftragte - 2 shared reports (place)WestenWesten - 2 shared reports (place)AnlageAnlage - 1 shared report (place)BundesregierungBundesregierung - 1 shared report (organization)DeutschlandDeutschland - 1 shared report (place)Elisabeth K…Elisabeth Kaiser - 1 shared report (person)Friedrich M…Friedrich Merz - 1 shared report (person)James HawesJames Hawes - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

Germany: Far-right AfD extends its lead in nationwide polls

67 outlets1 report names Ost7 Aug – 2 Nov

Germany news: Bundestag to discuss opt-out organ donation

22 outlets1 report names Ost28 Aug – 7 Nov

German reunification: How inequality is shaping a new East German identity

2 outlets1 report names Ost2 Oct – 3 Oct

Finances: Eastern commissioner demands compensation for inheritance tax

2 outlets1 report names Ost29 Sept – 30 Sept

Pioneer project: Plant to free Baltic and North Sea from old ammunition

1 outlets1 report names Ost17 Sept

James Hawes: "The AfD will not rule in the West"

1 outlets1 report names Ost12 Sept

Retirees in the East Have Less Property and Lower Income

1 outlets1 report names Ost1 Sept

Who keeps naming them

Die Zeit (Germany)4Tagesschau (Germany)2Der Spiegel (Germany)1

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