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 ...

This large poster, purporting to be a "Special Edition" of the "Prague Journal," was in fact part of the campaign to prevent a communist victory in the pivotal Italian election of 1948. It uses a map ...

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, ...

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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - When setting the table for Christmas dinner, Slovaks traditionally put one extra plate on the table for an unexpected guest in need. This hospitality, however, has not been ...