Iron Curtain

Dictator's Widow Brands Regime's Victims 'Criminals'

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Communism, Video, Iron Curtain, Gdr, Eastern Europe, Stasi, Margot Honecker, Erich Honecker, Berlin Wall, Cold War, German Democratic Republic, Fall of Berlin Wall, Soviet Union, World News

Margot Honecker, the widow of East Germany's communist dictator Erich Honecker, has given a defiant interview in which she defends her late husband an...

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Will Vaclav Havel's Legacy Last?

AP | By VANESSA GERA | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Communism, East Bloc, Iron Curtain, Vaclav Havel, Romania, Europe Democracy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, World News

WARSAW, Poland -- When Czech playwright Vaclav Havel was thrown in prison for his anti-communist writings, life for people across the East Bloc was sh...

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How To Marry A Russian Man In Three Months

GlobalPost | Iva Skoch | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Russia, Marriage, Iron Curtain, Relationships, Russia Marriage, Sex, Cold War, Soviet Union, World News

MOSCOW -- Yulia Varra says that when a 50-year-old Russian man looks for a girlfriend, he never considers women close to his age. "He wants somebod...

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Don't Blame Palin, Blame Stalin

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.

For too many years in too many quarters, the name of the game has been blame. It seems that more and more people refuse to accept the responsibility f...

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The Ironic Curtain, a Czech Film Series, Comes To New York

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prague-Czech Republic, Iron Curtain, Milos Forman, Czech Republic, Fyodor Dostoevsky, New York Czech Center, BAM Rose Cinemas, Brothers-Karamazov, New York News
Brad Balfour

The Ironic Curtain opens with the North American premiere of Pavel Koutecký and Miroslav Janek's intimate documentary, Citizen Havel, about the private and public life of this playwright turned president.

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Tackling European Security in Corfu

Dora Bakoyannis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Piracy, Foreign Ministers, Iron Curtain, Terrorism, Nato, European Union, Nuclear Proliferation, Osce, Berlin Wall, Europe, World News
Dora Bakoyannis

Today, the renewed commitment from Russia and the U.S. to work on common ground, focusing their relationship on what unites them, creates a momentum we should built on.

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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Already Here!

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vivian Norris

The new tool to crush the opposition is funded by a new menace, that of capitalism built on a phenomenal wealth in commodities and oil.

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