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Albania reopens communist-era air base after $54 million NATO refurbishment
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoKucova air base in Albania reopened on March 4 after undergoing a 50 million euro ($54 million) NATO...
Lubomir Strougal, Czechoslovak communist leader, dies at 98
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLubomir Strougal, a Czechoslovak communist-era leader who served as prime minister for a record...
Former Czech leader Babis loses final appeal over collaboration with communist-era secret police
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoFormer Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis lost his final appeal in Slovakia Wednesday in a...
The Dust-Covered Objects in My Childhood Attic Tell the Story of Communist Era Bulgaria
Dwell via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe chests full of French yarn, a German tape recorder, and other objects speak to a time when...
Karlovy Vary’s ‘The Word’ Spells Out Moral Conundrum Facing Couple in Communist Era
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCzech screenwriter and director Beata Parkanova says she had a rich mine of real-life characters and...
Un Certain Regard Prize Winner Alexandru Belc on Communist-Era Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Metronom’
Variety via AOL· 2 years agoFresh off winning the award for best director in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard...
Dana Nemcova, leading Czech anti-communist, dies at 89
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDana Nemcova, one of the leading Czech dissidents and human rights activists from the communist era,...
'True European': Former top Czech diplomat Schwarzenberg dies
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFormer Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, one of the leading figures in the country's...
7 of the best destinations in Eastern Europe for an affordable city break
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPlanning a European city break on a budget? It’s time to bypass the big hitters like Paris, Rome and...
Dream homes turned gas-guzzlers, Hungary's 'Kadar cubes' losing allure
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFacing a surge in heating costs, Andrea Varga is desperately trying to sell the communist-era house...