McDonald's said Tuesday it planned to open a new outlet at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie, completing the landmark's 20-year transformation from Cold War front line to money-making tourist hotspot. The 120-seater restaurant will be opposite the Mauermuseum dedicated to the Berlin Wall that used to divide the city, and hopes to be selling its burgers, fries and other ...

Romanian activists on Monday called for honouring the victims of the country's December 1989 anti-communist revolt, as re-elected President Traian Basescu was sworn into office, paying homage to their "sacrifice". "We are calling on all Bucharesters to honour the heroes who gave their lives for our freedom," said a statement from the association December 21, representing those who helped ...

Ukrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl and revealing the bitter divisions over the legacy of communism in Ukraine. The nationalist group, Freedom, said the protest was inspired by persistent debate over ...

Poland's president has approved legislation that allows for people to be fined or even imprisoned for possessing or buying communist symbols, two decades after communist rule ended. The new law says that people who posses, purchase or spread items or recordings containing communist symbols could be fined or be imprisoned for ...