Tag: First World War

Descendants of Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II have opened a legal battle to reclaim thousands of artworks and historic items from…

More than 60 world leaders gathered in Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World…

The First World War ended 100 years ago today (Sunday) after a civilian peace delegation dispatched by the German government,…

Poland is due to mark 100 years of independence on Sunday but controversy over a planned far-right march in Warsaw…

The French government has backed down over plans to pay tribute to Marshal Philippe Petain (pictured). French President Emmanuel Macron…

Around 16 million animals were used during the First World War and the British animal protection charity, RSPCA, estimates that…

On Sunday, it will be 100 years since the end of the First World War, which cost up to 19…

A group of Indian artists visiting the UK to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War…

Austria says it plans to shut seven “politicised” mosques and expel numerous imams and the coalition government of conservative and…

The Dutch parliament has angered Turkey by voting overwhelmingly to recognise the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by…

The centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution was largely ignored this week, despite being one of the major events that…

Hungary says it will ask the European Union to review its ties with Ukraine over its neighbour’s decision to stop…

An almost perfectly preserved First World War German U-boat has been found off the Belgian coast containing 23 corpses. The…

Austrian soldiers have been stationed along the border with Italy for the first time in contemporary history to block illegal…

The Bank of England covered up a failure of government efforts to raise enough money from private investors to fund…