It is official now: as of 1 January, being a Communist in Czechia can make you a criminal, carrying a prison sentence of up to five years. With a recent amendment to the Criminal Code, the state has ...

Writing for CNN.com, George Soros, philanthropist and financier, traces the roots of his nonprofit Open Society efforts in Central and Eastern Europe and their impact on the collapse of communism ...

Anti-Semitism is resurging in Europe in the biggest wave of hatred against Jews on this continent since the Holocaust. The European Jewish Congress remembers the anti-Semitic purge of Polish communism ...

Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great history – Martin Luther, Goethe, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, ...

Poland's journey to the top 20 economies: Lessons in Growth POZNAN, Poland (AP): A generation ago, Poland rationed sugar and flour while its citizens were paid one-tenth what West Germans earned.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awards the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov with the title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia ...