Refugees who poured into the country a decade ago fared better when they landed in the more prosperous West, an enduring ...

A trip by several members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to Sochi, Russia on November 14 and 15 has ...

Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.

The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election on Feb. 23. The economy is a key factor contributing to the party's ...

The Berlin Wall, which divided the city into East and West, was opened for the first time since it was erected on 1989. This marked the beginning of the end for communist regimes in Eastern Europe and ...

In the event of a peace settlement dividing Ukraine in two, the nations of the West have a critical interest in strengthening the western half—both as a bulwark against Russian encroachment and as a ...

THE LATE summer sun is beating down on a merry crowd assembled in Neustadt an der Orla, a small town in the east German state of Thuringia. As children slurp ice cream and Thuringian Bratwürste warm ...

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 ...

For nearly a quarter-century, the Berlin Wall had cut off Communist-ruled East Germany from democratic West Germany and most of the rest of Europe. That changed when the wall was opened Nov. 9, 1989 — ...

Near the East German village of Wandlitz, nine miles to the east of Berlin, is a most unusual settlement. It is a walled-in compound of semi-forested land and wide lawns, within which sit some 20 ...

Seen through the calculating eyes of East Germany’s economic planners, the Berlin Wall has been a huge success. Though a moral outrage and a physical eyesore, it has stanched the drain of manpower ...

Germany's far-right party is dominating polls in the country's eastern region less than two weeks before the federal elections on Feb. 23 — and economic concerns have played a part in its popularity.