Germany’s socialist Die Linke party has seen its membership nearly double since the start of the year, largely driven by an influx of support from women and young people
A German member of parliament says his bank account has been closed for political reasons, a move he says reminds him of the communist era.
Germany’s parliament on Friday commemorated the 70th anniversary of a popular uprising that was brutally crushed by the Soviet dictatorship.
BERLIN (AP) – Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first and only free election, has died. He was 95.
A supermarket chain’s decision to sell food products styled after a former communist dictatorship has sparked anger from critics.
A German artist hauled a 410-pound golden cube worth $11.7 million to Central Park in New York City on Wednesday.
Wolfgang Schwanitz, the former head of Communist East-Germany’s infamous secret police, the Stasi, has died aged 91.
There is little to celebrate: the weird killjoys who devise the rules suck most of the joy out of what ‘freedoms’ the govt has granted us.
BERLIN (AP) – Police and organizers say more than 100,000 people took part in an open-air party celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
BERLIN (AP) – The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president’s iconic speech imploring the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin Wall.
An editor for BuzzFeed’s UK science section sparked outrage by Tweeting out that her most wanted Christmas gift would be for Britain to go “full communist.” Kelly Oakes, a 20-something London-based employee for BuzzFeed UK, took to Twitter on December
BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel, running for re-election next month, says she won’t avoid eastern Germany despite encountering renewed public heckling at a campaign rally there.
Michael Kretschmer is demanding an apology to all East Germans over a deeply flawed study on Right-wing extremism that claimed East Germans were particularly likely to be Far Right and cost taxpayers over 100,000 euros
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A huge group of between 40 and 50 migrants attacked the security at their asylum camp using fists and stones to beat the guards who were forced to call in local police to quell the riot. A migrant camp built
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A new documentary on Russian President Vladimir Putin from German television claims he received a face-lift, beat up his ex-wife, and drank heavily as a KGB agent in East Germany.
