Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...

The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a ...

Berlin, Germany’s capital, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this Friday and Saturday (November 8 ...

Socialist classicism gave out to glass and steel as I arrived at Potsdamer Platz. Once the beating heart of a pre-war Berlin, ...

As Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this year, key witnesses are highlighting the crucial role played by St. John Paul II in bringing about the peaceful revolution ...

The sandwiches, ubiquitous in Berlin, are made with a Turkish flatbread called pide, which is toasted and then stuffed with ...

As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of ...

Currently, Berlin is the second-most expensive city in Germany. Some observers say it has fallen victim ... Her shot of ravers at the second-ever Love Parade in 1990, a street party disguised as a ...

Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr Linda Doyle, said: "It is wonderful that this manuscript is now being restored and will ...

Pieces of the Wall, well and thoroughly graffitied, are scattered around the city, preserved in both prominent plazas and hidden corners.