I keep thinking of that iconic 1991 film which so brilliantly portrayed an East German family in the first throes of freedom ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification ...

Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...

There are many preconceptions about life in eastern Germany, but what is it actually like to live there? We spoke to foreign ...

Today, after decades of being nearly devoured by persistent “wall-peckers,” little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold ...

As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of ...

As the East German city of Dessau prepares to celebrate next year's centenary of the famed design school's move there, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has urged local legislators not ...

Skip the flight to Europe and head to these 10 U.S. cities for top-notch holiday cheer and Christmas markets, according to a ...

As Germany’s capital marks 35 years since the fall of the city divider, we look at meaningful experiences for you to try ...

Jamshid Sharmahd was sentenced to death in 2022 for “corruption on Earth,” sparking widespread condemnation from human rights ...

East Germany's "Ampelmann" or pedestrian "traffic ... a businessman in his 60s from the western German city of Tuebingen. He remembered seeing the traffic lights featuring the Ampelmann often ...