Former chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, has called German reunification "a great stroke of luck," despite the challenges, in an interview as the nation celebrates 35 years since ...

Residential tower blocks made of prefabricated concrete slabs were built in many parts of the world during the second half of the 20th century, but this type of building was particularly popular in ...

LEAG is set to end lignite mining at Germany's Welzow-Süd site three years early in 2030 due to renewables oversupply ...

Though spared from actual warfare, the tank’s role in deterrence and crisis response was crucial, influencing global military dynamics and leaving an indelible mark on armored history. During the Cold ...

German cinema, especially as it relates to the way in which Germans in the former communist East Germany looked upon the west, is the focus of a planned film series culminating in a lecture by Michael ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

EADaily, . Thick smog from Poland and the Czech Republic covered East Germany, February promises to be the worst month for ...

Let's paint the scene for you. It's 1991, and you're a former East German peasant factory laborer from one of the cities unfortunate enough to fall on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain. The Berlin ...

For the first time since the 1948 Soviet blockade, the Communists this week shut off German traffic on the Autobahn linking West Berlin and West Germany. Armed Red police forbade anyone to leave East ...