Chess referee recalls 'Cold War clash'
The 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky was almost abandoned but for a timely intervention from German arbiter Lothar Schmid. He tells the story on its 40th anniversary.
Red Square plane pilot 'would not do it again'
Mikhail Gorbachev controlled the Kremlin, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Helmut Kohl had recently been elected to a second term when a teenage amateur pilot from Hamburg landed a Cessna near Red Square.
Retracing the tracks of a Cold War institution
The British Military Train ferried soldiers between Berlin and West Germany throughout the Cold War. It took to the rails for one last time last weekend, laden with former regulars and their memories. <b>James Gheerbrant</b> was on board.
Guttenberg demands Ronald Reagan memorial in Berlin
German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg on Wednesday called on Berlin to honour Ronald Reagan by naming a square or a street after the late US president.
Cold War 'Checkpoint Bravo' up for sale
A piece of Cold War history was due to go on sale in Germany on Thursday as Checkpoint Bravo, a major former crossing point between communist East Germany and West Berlin, goes under the hammer.
Berlin Airlift remembered at Tempelhof
Just days after Berlin's Tempelhof Airport was turned into a giant city park, people gathered on Wednesday in the German capital to commemorate the Berlin Airlift.
Hesse to let buyers hunker down in old bunkers
The state of Hesse is selling 20 bunkers from World War II and the Cold War to the highest bidder, the Institute for Federal Real Estate (BImA) said on Friday.
Gorbachev receives Dresden award for nuclear disarmament
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the inaugural Dresden Prize on Sunday in recognition of his role in bringing the Cold War to a peaceful end.
Merkel honours Stasi victims in Berlin
Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first German leader to tour the main Berlin prison run by the feared East German Stasi secret police on Tuesday.
Cold War theme chosen for Berlinale
The next Berlin Film Festival will showcase Eastern European and German cinema from the Cold War that seemed to foreshadow the end of European communism, organisers said late on Tuesday.
Road signs to mark Iron Curtain path in Germany
Road signs will remind drivers in Germany they are driving over a piece of history when they cross what was once the armed border between the capitalist West and Communist East starting this autumn.