Lithuania 'Trembling with elation & fear': One man's memories of the Baltic Way Meet the man who joined two million Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians in forming a massive human chain on August 23, 1989, to call for independence from the Soviet Union. 23/08/2019
world news Explainer: The 600-km human chain that helped collapse communism Friday marks the 30th anniversary since two million people from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania joined hands and made a 600-kilometre human chain that spread across the three Baltic states. 23/08/2019
Lithuania Meet the pilot who defied KGB orders to drop flowers on Baltic Way Meet the pilot who defied KGB orders to drop flowers on Baltic Way 23/08/2019
Hungary 30th anniversary of Pan-European picnic: How did it lead to the fall of the Iron Curtain? The Pan-European picnic was supposed to see the opening of the border between Austria and Hungary for three hours to promote peace but triggered a domino effect leading to the fall of the Iron Curtain itself 19/08/2019
world news Vintage car rally celebrates 1989 Baltic Way human chain Vintage cars set out across Baltic states to mark the 30th anniversary of a human chain of over one million people seeking freedom from the USSR. 18/08/2019
Poland Meet the 96-year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising It's 75 years since the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi regime during WWII. Bohdan Dembinski was one of those who took part in the bloody 63-day battle. He told Euronews about the day it all started. 01/08/2019
Vietnam From the Vietcong to Nike: How the X40 factory has changed After the Soviet Union fell, state-owned factories in Vietnam became much more reliant on products that would appeal to an international audience. 17/07/2019
Norway Radiation leak from sunken Russian nuclear submarine poses ‘no threat’ Robot-recovered samples from the Soviet-era submarine which sank in the Norwegian Sea reveal high levels of radiation, but scientists say there's no danger to fish or humans. 12/07/2019
Russia Soviet nuclear sub that sank off Norway in 1989 still emitting radiation The wreck of the Komsomolets lies on the bottom of the Norwegian Sea at a depth of about 5,577 feet. 10/07/2019
Germany The 'candy bombers' who gave a besieged city hope It was the first crisis of the Cold War. But the airlift that saved Berlin 70 years ago still resonates among Germans - and helped cement friendship between former enemies. 12/05/2019
Uzbekistan Watch: Students plant trees to save what's left of the Aral Sea The rivers that feed the sea were diverted in a Soviet project to boost cotton production in the arid region. 08/04/2019
no comment Tourists can now visit ex-Nazi military compound A huge abandoned secret military complex hidden inside a fenced-off pine forest in eastern Germany is no longer off limits. 12/03/2019
no comment Enthusiasts replay the breakthrough of Leningrad’s siege Enthusiasts replay the breakthrough of Leningrad’s siege 27/01/2019
Russia Watch: Moscow's Soviet-era cinemas prepare to be revamped Real estate company ADG Group bought 39 Soviet-built cinemas from the government and says it will transform them into what it calls "neighbourhood centres." 07/01/2019
Russia Russian human rights champion Lyudmila Alexeyeva dies The 91-year-old had been ill for a long time after fighting for nearly seven decades to make first the Soviet Union and then Russia a better place. 09/12/2018
The Cube MEPs campaign to stop Amazon from selling Soviet-themed products | #TheCube A letter signed by 27 members of European Parliament has been sent to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, demanding the company halt sales of goods featuring Soviet symbols 19/11/2018
Latvia Latvian smitten as Baltic country toasts its centenary Latvians are being urged to toast the country’s centenary ... by wearing special mittens. 18/11/2018
brussels bureau Brussels tells Hunt: Read a history book EU Commission reacted with dismay to UK Foreign Secretary's comparison of the EU with the Soviet Union 01/10/2018
Russia Russian objectors remember Prague invasion A small group of Russians remembered the demonstration they held in Moscow's Red Square 50 years ago to protest their country's invasion of Czechoslovakia 26/08/2018
world news Joanna Stingray: The California girl that shot to fame in the USSR This is a story about Joanna Stingray. A girl from California who found herself in 1980s Russia on the radar of the KGB and FBI for smuggling out underground Soviet music that Americans were never supposed to hear. 12/06/2018
Russia Soviet pilot found alive 30 years after being shot down in Afghanistan “He is still alive. It’s very astonishing. Now he needs help,” the head of the Russian paratroopers’ union, Valery Vostrotin, told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. 02/06/2018
Germany Germany unveils statue of Karl Marx in his hometown It has been 200 years since philosopher Karl Marx was born, and only now has his image been immortalised in bronze and mounted in his hometown of Trier in Germany. 05/05/2018
Romania 100 years on from Romania's 'Great Union', Moldova won't choose sides For Romania and Moldova, 2018 will mark a bittersweet historical moment: the centennial of the Great Union, which brought together the key Romanian-inhabited provinces: Bessarabia, Transylvania and the Romanian Kingdom. 24/12/2017
Cult Moscow show smashes myth of drab Soviet design Dull, functional, and a bit rubbish are some words many associate with the products made by the Soviet Union. Now Moscow's Design Museum shows off the best of Bolshevik consumer goods. 07/12/2017
Poland Tom Hanks receives iconic "toddler" car from Polish fans Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks took his new Fiat 126p car for a first spin, after receiving the classic vehicle as a present from his Polish 04/12/2017
Russia Stalin calendar pulled from sale in Russia Public outcry has forced the withdrawal from sale of a 2018 calendar honouring Stalin in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg. 01/12/2017
