Cold War

Germany

Tens of thousands celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago

Germany's capital hosted open-air concerts, art installations and official events commemorating one of the country's most historic days in the 20th century.

09/11/2024

Moments

Tour the Berlin Wall this month for the 35th anniversary of its fall

35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, here's how to celebrate in the German capital.

08/11/2024

Europe News

What's inside Sweden's updated Cold War-era emergency advice booklet?

The advice booklet was first published in World War II, before being reissued in 2018 reflecting Stockholm's prior concerns of a worsened security situation in the Baltic Sea region.

11/10/2024

World News

Euroviews. Why are we avoiding the 'what if' of nuclear war?

The clear and present danger of nuclear escalation that once lurked over the civilised world’s head has dissipated into the ether, and the nonchalant manner that the world has adopted toward it raises many questions, Stewart Mackinnon writes.

11/10/2023

Culture news

'Dr. Strangelove' to become first official Stanley Kubrick stage play

“Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.”

27/09/2023

Tech News

Why are semiconductors at the heart of a ‘technology cold war’?

A trillion-dollar market, chips are at the heart of a tech ‘cold war’ growing in intensity. Here’s everything you need to know about the tiny electronic circuit that is powering modern technologies.

18/05/2023

Culture news

Pierre Lacotte: French dancer who helped Rudolf Nureyev defect dies

Pierre Lacotte, the French dancer at the heart of a cloak-and-dagger intrigue in 1961 when he helped Rudolf Nureyev defect, has died.

11/04/2023

No Comment

Former Yugoslav nuclear bunker is now an art gallery

The ARK D-O art gallery in the southern Bosnian town of Konjic started life as a nuclear bunker. Now it's once again being seen as a place to shelter in the case of a nuclear strike. But officials say it's not able to withstand modern nuclear weapons.

18/10/2022

Culture news

Barbie goes to space: how did space travel become un-chic?

Italian astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, has taken a Barbie doll to space. 50 years ago that would have been the chicest thing ever. What happened?

04/10/2022

No Comment

Mourners pay respects as Gorbachev lies in state

Russians on Saturday bid farewell to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died earlier in the week at the age of 91.

03/09/2022

My Europe Series

How Gorbachev’s dream of liberal, European Russia failed

The death of the eighth and final president of the Soviet Union has sparked debates that are particularly relevant now when Russia is involved in the invasion of its western neighbour.

03/09/2022

Croatia

'Walk with Tito' tour in Zagreb dives into ex-leader's legacy

The tour in Croatia's capital is aimed at reviewing objectively the legacy of Josip Broz Tito, the former Yugoslavia's Communist leader who still sparks heated debate more than four decades after his death.

07/08/2022

Tech News

A new app is bringing Cold War-era Berlin to life

60 years after the Berlin Wall divided the city, a new app aims to give history buffs an immersive experience of this pivotal moment in the Cold War era.

13/08/2021

Czech Republic

Czech Cold War depot for Soviet nuclear warheads reopens to public

The depot was once one of the most secretive places in former Czechoslovakia. It has now reopened its doors to the public.

18/07/2021

Russia

George Blake, notorious Soviet Cold War double agent, dies at 98

Blake was jailed in the 1960s for betraying the British foreign intelligence service but escaped and spent the rest of his life behind the Iron Curtain.

26/12/2020

World News

Chess 'has not been kind to women,' says world champion Magnus Carlsen

For Carlsen, the world's top-rated chess player and current world chess champion, the character of Beth in the Queen's Gambit could be "a role model for women and girls who want to play chess."

11/12/2020