Czechoslovakia was going through a period of transition away from communism, and the Velvet Underground were the soundtrack.

Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.

The original Velvet Revolution of 1989 marked a peaceful rejection of authoritarian communism in Czechoslovakia. What we’re seeing in Cape Town is a velvet return to coercion—wrapped not in ideology, ...

The frontrunner in Romania's presidential election, George Simion, accuses the ...

In America the law is King,” political philosopher and American revolutionary Thomas Paine wrote in his pamphlet, “Common ...

For years, President Donald Trump blamed “communists” for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump ...

Three new screens, fresh colors and materials, and the sloping strip of buttons next to the shifter is gone. Overall, it ...

Far-right candidate George Simion was declared the winner Monday in the first round of Romania's presidential election.

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu I have made some interesting trips in this life. Let’s do recall of my journey to the Caine Prize Writing ...

The tour focuses on selected turning points in German history. Starting with the Peaceful Revolution of 1989 in East Germany, visitors travel backwards to the revolutionary events of 1848. The ...

For two decades the South East European Film Festival has been the main gateway for films from primarily the former “Iron Curtain” countries to get a ...