The half-naked protester was filmed defacing remnants of the Berlin Wall kept ... The AfD secured most of its support in the former East Germany, which between 1949 and 1990 was a communist ...

Having been in Berlin on that euphoric occasion in November 1989 when the Wall came down, I went on to extensively tour the soon-to-be-abolished East Germany during the following Easter holiday.

The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the founding of East Germany’s Communist state. What was perhaps most striking about the celebrations was not the relatively modest military show but the ...

When East Germany was split off from the West in the aftermath of World War II, it had 18 million people. In the 15 years since then, 3,400,000 East Germans have fled to the West, leaving behind ...

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the economy in East Germany broadly collapsed as local businesses and companies faltered and ...

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 ...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the economy in East Germany broadly collapsed as local businesses and companies faltered and unemployment soared. Despite the federal government spending ...