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

The Kessler twins died together Monday at age 89 via assisted suicide. Ellen and Alice's long career as dancer-singer-actors ...

Germany's Bundeswehr was founded on November 12, 1955. The decision was highly controversial, just 10 years after the end of ...

Alice and Ellen Kessler, German twin sisters whose talents made them popular throughout Europe, died by joint assisted ...

Twin sisters, who performed alongside entertainers including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire, have died on the same day. Alice ...

Converting a military bomber aircraft to a passenger jet plane was not a new idea, and it was the start of what would become the Baade 152. Its design could seat up to 57 passengers, or 72 in a high ...

And in my view, it’s since 2008 that actually this cascade of crises begins, beginning with the near simultaneous events of ...

Polish bishops reached out to their German counterparts in November 1965 with a message of reconciliation. Despite the Cold ...

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 ...

The front page of The Tennessean on Nov. 10, 1989 declared: "East Germans dance on Wall," and displayed a photo of three men, ...

When he saw a group of Soviet soldiers on the street in East Berlin, Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Irv Pankey had an idea. "The guy, he was cool about that, and the rest of it is history,” Pankey ...