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

a milestone that ended Germany's division and marked the peaceful end of East Germany's communist regime. The fall of the ...

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

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

The former East Germany was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1949 until 1990, which installed a rigid communist state known ...

November 9, 1989 is celebrated as the day East Germany's dictatorship opened the borders to the West after months of peaceful ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ikea has agreed to pay €6mn to ...

The country’s ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday, giving the parties an opportunity to reset and make the electorate a ...

Ikea is not alone in the matter, as East Germany was a hotspot for cheap labor under the communist regime, which many ...

- East Berliners get helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall, which divided the city since the end of ...

Tupolev Tu-134: Created via an official directive from Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, impressed by the quiet cabin of the ...

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