BERLIN (AP) — Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large ...

FILE - East Berliners get helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall, which divided the city since the end of World War II, near the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate), Nov. 10, ...

The Communists’ East German wall was virtually complete. Behind it, Red Boss Walter Ulbricht could whip his sullen millions into line without fear of an other mass exodus. But barricading Berlin was ...

As Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this year, key witnesses are highlighting the crucial role played by St. John Paul II in bringing about the peaceful revolution that ...

German bonds are on track to see their worst day since the months that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall as a spending plan to use €500B to boost growth and increase defense and infrastructure ...

Holcim will acquire German wall systems maker Xella in a $2.16-billion-deal that could precede more “big deals” coming “in the next few months,” said Miljan Gutovic,the global cement maker's CEO.

Show more Show less November 9, 1989 is commemorated as the day East Germany's dictatorship opened the borders to the West Artworks on the theme of freedom stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in ...

ST. GOAR, Germany — More than a dozen soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command spent a work day alongside troops from Germany, shoring up a centuries-old wall that once surrounded an ancient ...

BERLIN -- Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large state-owned ...