In 1978, Gunter Wetzel and Peter Strelzyk decided they could no longer live in the communist state of East Germany. So, the ...

German authorities are discussing the possibility of renaming streets named after GDR and Soviet period figures, including ...

Hidden deep in the former East Germany, we found a home that hasn’t been lived in since the final years of the Cold War.

Depopulated towns in Germany's ex-communist east have come up with a novel scheme to bring back life: offering people several weeks of super-cheap housing to give would-be residents a taste of the ...

Years before Vladimir Putin became the president of Russia, one of the most powerful leaders in the world, he was a ...

Germany has begun preliminary discussions with potential investors - including Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. - about a deal to ...

The far-right AfD party continues to be successful in Germany's former East. BERLIN -- In the evening hours of Nov. 9, 1989 the world watched as East Berliners climbed over the wall for the first time ...