While the war was officially over, Berlin in the summer of 1946 was in chaos. The city was the cradle of East and West superpowers; no laws existed, and everyone was either a criminal or a survivor.

The preparation of the Russian presidential administration for the "post-war" election campaign to the State Duma, which will be held in September 2026, could be considered another sign of the ...

Even in supposedly post-nazi Berlin, the eponymous hero of The Spring of Kasper Meier by Ben Fergusson (Abacus, £7.99) has a secret that could still get him jailed, or worse. It’s 1946 and, amid the ...

“Kontinental ’25” offers a knowing nod to Roberto Rossellini’s “Europe ’51,” a post-war drama that likewise followed “a woman consumed by guilt, searching for redemption,” according to Jude. But the ...

Police arrest an activist during a protest against Israel at Berlin University. Europe's largest Palestinian community lives in Europe's most pro-Israeli country. As Germany's election approaches ...

T he PAST week has been the bleakest in Europe since the fall of the Iron Curtain. Ukraine is being sold out, Russia is being ...