Cuba

Fidel Castro rejects thaw between Cuba and US

Ex-president pens letter hostile to Barack Obama's overtures

28/03/2016

Poland

Polish authorities claim papers prove Walesa's Communist ties

Poland’s state archives have released 700 pages of documents it says prove former President Lech Walesa was a paid informant of the communist-era

22/02/2016

Poland

Lech Walesa was 'paid communist agent' - Poland's history institute

Polish historical investigators say newly uncovered documents show Lech Walesa – the former President and hero of the Solidarity movement that

18/02/2016

Culture news

What Berlin did for Bowie

David Bowie took up many striking and unique personas during his five-decade long career. Ever the chamaleon, he changed his look and music style

14/01/2016

Cinema

Thought-provoking doc on terrorism finds chilling resonance

This week in Cinema Box we are bringing you a film of a different kind: ‘A German Youth’ (‘Une Jeunesse Allemande’) by French filmmaker Jean-Gabriel

23/10/2015

Romania

#Ramnicu Sarat: ex-commander appeals against 20-year sentence

A former commander of one of Romania’s most notorious prisons refused to talk to journalists when he arrived at court in Bucharest. Alexandru

14/10/2015

Romania

Romania: former prison commandant given 20 years for crimes against humanity

The former commandant of one of the harshest prisons of Romania’s communist era has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity

24/07/2015

Russia

Lenin statue in Tomsk loses its torso after beheading

21/07/2015

Greece

Greek people will suffer after Sunday's vote, says Communist Party

Thousands of Communist Party (KKE) supporters gathered in front of Greece’s parliament building in central Athens on Thursday (July 2). Their leader

02/07/2015

Cuba

Cuba demands US respects its communist rule

Cuba’s President Raul Castro has demanded the US respects his country’s communist system. As the two countries work to restore diplomatic ties

21/12/2014

Romania

Romanians mark 25 years since start of anti-Communist revolution

Romanians have been marking 25 years since the overthrow of Ceausescu’s Communist regime which left more than 1000 people dead. In the city of

18/12/2014

World News

How the fall of the Berlin Wall was seen in Russia

03/11/2014

My Europe Series

Generation wall - growing up after the fall of the Iron Curtain

24/10/2014

China

Legal reforms top agenda of China leaders meeting

20/10/2014

China

China: Opposition to world's first Tiananmen massacre museum is 'politically-motivated'

18/04/2014

Focus

European investors eye Vietnam as economy slowly opens up

15/01/2014

China

China calls for party officials who smoke to be 'criticised about their evil influence'

30/12/2013

World

Back in the Day: JFK’s Supportive Jelly Doughnut Speech

26/06/2013

My Europe Series

Cuba: change from within

15/03/2013

My Europe Series

Cuba: slow winds of change

08/03/2013