Romania remembers bloodshed of 1989
Romania is marking 30 years since the uprising against communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was executed in 1989. He faced a…
Romania is marking 30 years since the uprising against communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was executed in 1989. He faced a…
The Romanian capital, Bucharest, hosted thousands of protesters yesterday (Sunday) to remember those who died in the revolution 30 years…
Germany’s Berliner Zeitung is to investigate its new owner after he confirmed his role as an informant for the Stasi,…
Germany’s parliament has voted to transfer secret East German police files to the Federal Archives, despite concerns that they will…
Cesare Battisti’s arrest was ordered ahead of extradition to Italy, wrote Judge Luiz Fux of the Supreme Court. Italy has…
A German court has jailed a Vietnamese man for three years and 10 months for taking part in a daytime…
Poland is marking the 50th anniversary of the decision by the communist government to declare thousands of Jews enemies of…
The centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution was largely ignored this week, despite being one of the major events that…
Russia is doing little to mark the controversial legacy of the 1917 Communist Revolution. Even the Russian Communist Party has…
Post-mortem photograph of Rasputin showing a bullet wound in his forehead. Source: Wikimedia Grigory Rasputin, the legendary mystic who bewitched the…