Letter From Europe
Seeing Past the Poppies and Balloons
By ALAN COWELL
Remembrances of World War I in Britain and the Berlin Wall in Germany have led to what some argue is the rose-tinting of complex histories.
Remembrances of World War I in Britain and the Berlin Wall in Germany have led to what some argue is the rose-tinting of complex histories.
The European Space Agency lander is sitting in a skewed position on the comet’s surface, compromising some aspects of the $1.75 billion Rosetta mission.
The move could seriously undermine more than two decades of cooperation aimed at ensuring that nuclear bomb components on Russian soil do not fall into the hands of terrorists or a rogue state.
The police in the Cologne area detained nine men early Wednesday and searched at least 20 homes in raids against people suspected of supporting terrorism.
Azerbaijan shot down and destroyed an Armenian military helicopter in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Wednesday, the countries’ defense ministries said.
New York Times journalists covering religion would like to hear from Catholics who have been divorced, and, in particular, from those who have remarried.
A Malaysia Airlines flight with nearly 300 people aboard crashed in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on July 17.
Among the 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were a renowned AIDS researcher, a Dutch senator and an Australian novelist.
World War I demolished empires and destroyed kings, kaisers and sultans. It introduced chemical weapons and aerial bombing. It brought women into the work force and hastened their legal right to vote.
Along the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg — a 12-hour trip by car — one sees great neglected stretches of land that seem drawn backward in time.
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, confirmed that Russian troops were moving into eastern Ukraine, but that NATO was unsure of their numbers or intentions.
Descendants of veterans of World War I share their families’ stories, and describe their efforts, 100 years after the start of the Great War, to verify tales of bravery and tragedy.
On Nov. 9, Germany marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall. Here is a look back at scenes of the wall in decades past.
The state must compensate the surviving victims of a system of forced labor that dates from the 19th century.
Twenty-five years after the wall fell, the whole city is vibrant and booming. So why do Berliners still feel divided?
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