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Cuba’s Castro unveils ‘Guerilla of Time’ memoirs Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance at the launch of his memoirs in Havana. The 85-year-old was promoting ‘A Guerilla of… 05/02/2012
Ceausescu memorabilia goes under the hammer Symbols of corruption and opulence in the final years of communism in Romania have been put up for auction. The list includes trinkets and lavish gifts given… 26/01/2012
Communists rally for fair elections in Russia – nocomment The Russian Communist Party, supported by several other Russian opposition parties and groups, holds a rally demanding fair presidential elections and warning… 22/01/2012
Kim Jong-un poses with Korean People’s ArmyNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un poses as he visits the Command of Large Combined Unit 671 of the Korean People’s Army at an undisclosed location in this… 22/01/2012
Russia buries spy with full honours The most prominent mourner at the funeral of the late Soviet master-spy Gevork Vartanyan was a former spy himself, if that is he has ever given up his old… 13/01/2012
Polish communist jailed for Solidarity crackdown A Polish communist-era interior minister has been handed a two-year suspended jail term for his role in the crackdown on the pro-democracy trade union… 12/01/2012
N Korea frees prisoners to commemorate dead leaders An amnesty for political prisoners in North Korea has been announced – though the exact number of how many people will be freed remains unclear. The… 10/01/2012
North Korean Christmas greetingsThe late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (centre), his father and founder of North Korea Kim Il-sung (right) and his mother Kim Jung-sook are seen in a… 25/12/2011
North Koreans keep mourning their leader – nocomment Mourners in the North Korean capital Pyongyang continued to brave sub-zero temperatures to pay their respects to late leader Kim Jong-il on Saturday, one week… 24/12/2011
Indian communists rally against corruptionActivists from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) shout slogans during a protest rally against corruption and in support of the Lokpal bill in New Delhi… 02/09/2011
Battle of Warsaw reenactment – nocomment Hundreds of volunteers took part in a reenactment of the Battle of Warsaw. 15/08/2011
China’s ‘Red tourism’ makes revolution fun – nocomment As China marks the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, the country’s multi-billion euro “Red tourism” industry is booming in Yan’an, the Party’s… 30/06/2011
China’s Communist Party celebrates 90 years The Chinese Communist Party, which has run the country since 1949, is celebrating its 90th birthday. It was founded in Shanghai in 1921 by a dozen or so… 29/06/2011
Celebrating the Communist Party of ChinaA performer dressed in Red Army uniform salutes at a revolutionary song singing event to celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the… 28/06/2011
Khmer Rouge ‘core’ goes on trial Now frail and elderly pensioners, they nonetheless stand accused of being privy to the decisions taken by the regime of the Khmer Rouge. They are… 27/06/2011
Cuba embraces economic reform to revive growth More than 50 years after the Cuban revolution, the founding fathers of the Carribean island’s soviet-style economy have decided to embrace modest market… 19/04/2011
Painted mural by the Union of Young Communists in HavanaA man rides his motorcycle past a freshly painted mural by the Union of Young Communists a day before a military parade to mark the 1961 U.S.-backed Bay of… 16/04/2011
North Korea holds memorial service for Kim Jong-ilIt was the ‘grand finale’ of 13 days of mourning. Kim Jong-il’s son and successor, top officials and tens of thousands of troops and civilians have paid a… 29/12/2011
Snowy state funeral for North Korea’s Kim Jong-ilNorth Korea has bid a final farewell to the man it called its ‘Dear Leader.’ For three hours, Kim Jong-il’s funeral cortege headed through the snowy… 28/12/2011
Japan calls on China to keep North Korea stableChina is watching events in North Korea nervously, first in line to feel the effects of developments in its unpredictable, isolated ally. As Kim Jong-il’s… 28/12/2011
North Korea: A new era?While North Korea gives an emotional farewell to its ‘dear leader’ Kim Jong-Il, who died of a heart attack on December 17, the world waits to see what will… 28/12/2011
North Korea holds funeral for Kim Jong-ilNorth Korea has begun two days of funeral ceremonies for its late leader Kim Jong-il. State television showed thousands of soldiers and civilians lining the… 28/12/2011
North Korean state funeral gets underwayNorth Korea has begun a two-day funeral for its late leader Kim Jong-il who died of a heart attack on December 17, according to state media. Through thick… 28/12/2011
What will state funeral reveal of future North Korea?Preparations are in their final stages for the funeral of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in the capital Pyongyang on Wednesday. Observers too are getting… 27/12/2011
Kim Jong-un sheds tears at wake for dead fatherNorth Korean television has broadcast new pictures of the new leader Kim Jong-un wiping away tears at his father’s wake in Pyongyang. The programme said the… 27/12/2011
Cuba’s Castro approves prisoner amnestyCuban President Raul Castro granted an amnesty to nearly 3,000 prisoners on Saturday but an American convicted of spying is not on the list. Castro told… 24/12/2011
China invites Kim Jong-un to BeijingChina has been quick to send an invitation for the new North Korean leader to visit Beijing. The Chinese President expressed his condolences over the death… 20/12/2011
Son leads tributes as Kim Jong-il lies in stateAs his father lies in state, Kim Jong-un has stepped into the spotlight, ready to take the reins of nuclear-armed North Korea. Tributes to the Dear Leader… 20/12/2011
North Korea’s uncertain futureThe world is holding its breath over what will happen next in North Korea, as the 29-year old heir of Kim Jong-il is set to take power. Euronews spoke to… 19/12/2011
What new world under North Korea’s new Kim?Like father, like son? Or will North Korea’s new Kim represent a break from the past? Will he wield real power, or will Kim Jong-un be just a figurehead… 19/12/2011
Father to son: North Korea’s Kim dynastyKim Jong-un, youngest known son of Kim Jong-il, inherits his father’s role. North Korean media have been calling him the “Great Successor”. He is believed to… 19/12/2011
Russia’s communists rallyFresh from nominating veteran leader, Gennady Zyuganov as their candidate for next year’s presidential vote, Russia’s Communist party has been rallying in… 18/12/2011
Remembering the USSR and its fallWhen the red flag bearing the hammer and sickle was thrown to the ground in a crowd, it was an action rich in symbolism, the flag of a nation which at times… 08/12/2011
Stalin’s daughter dies in the USThe daughter of dictator Joseph Stalin, who denounced communism after defecting to the US has died at the age of 85. Svetlana Peters described her father as… 29/11/2011
Kazakhstan suspends Communist PartyIn Kazakhstan a court ruling has suspended the activities of the Communist Party for six months. Its leaders claim the action has been taken because they… 06/10/2011
The anti-Gorbachev coup: 20 years onTwo decades on, the image of Boris Yeltsin climbing onto a tank outside parliament remains the reference for many remembering the failed coup against Soviet… 19/08/2011
Germany marks 50 years since Berlin Wall was builtOn the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, the city has paid tribute to those who died trying to cross it. The barrier, and the bloodshed… 13/08/2011
Germany remembers victims of Berlin WallGermany is marking 50 years since the start of the Berlin Wall’s construction. A minute’s silence was held at noon in memory of those who tried to… 13/08/2011
Cuba’s Fidel Castro celebrates 85 yearsCuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro turns 85 on Saturday. Having governed the country for 49 years, he gave up his last leadership post earlier this year… 13/08/2011
Looking back at the beginning of the Berlin WallIt is 50 years since construction began on the wall that marked the demarcation between East and West. Some bricks are all that is left of the Berlin Wall… 13/08/2011
Chinese Communism marks 90 yearsChina’s Communist Party is celebrating its 90th birthday on Friday, even if it was born at a meeting of 12 intellectuals in Shanghai at the end of July 1921… 30/06/2011
Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist diesRussian human rights activist Yelena Bonner has died aged 88. She had come to prominence through her marriage to Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet Union’s leading… 19/06/2011
Yelena Bonner Russian human rights activist diesThe Russian human rights activist has died, Yelena Bonner has died aged 88. She had come to prominence through her marriage to Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet… 19/06/2011
New use found for Bulgarian dictator’s planeThe plane used by Bulgaria’s former communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov, has been sunk in the waters of the Black Sea. Authorities say the craft – now 23… 25/05/2011
Pro and anti Kremlin May Day rallies in RussiaSeveral hundred thousand people marched in May Day parades throughout Russia. The ruling party United Russia said 25,000 turned out chanting support for the… 01/05/2011
Warm welcome for Fidel Castro at party congressCuba’s Communist Party has held a congress in Havana that has been as emotional as it was historic. The man who drove the revolution in 1959, and then led… 19/04/2011
Fidel quits Communist Party leadership as Cuba looks to reformFidel Castro has stepped down as head of Cuba’s Communist Party. The move comes as the party holds a key congress to plot the country’s future. President… 19/04/2011
Castro announces two term-limit for Cuba’s leadersCubans have been digesting moves made by President Raul Castro to limit the term the country’s rulers can serve to two five year-terms. The president says… 18/04/2011
Raul Castro calls for change at the top in CubaThe Cuban communist party is holding its first congress in 14 years, the first without Fidel Castro, and one that is indicating his brother Raul’s… 17/04/2011
Cuba celebrates ending Bay of Pigs invasionCuba has put its military on show as part of the celebrations to mark 50 years since revolutionaries repelled America’s Bay of Pigs invasion. The spotlight… 16/04/2011
Wind of change set to ruffle Cuban communistsHalf a century after Cuban revolutionaries fought off an American attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro with the Bay of Pigs invasion, the communist party there… 16/04/2011
Weir’s latest tells tall escape taleSet in 1940 “The Way Back” is an epic story of survival against the odds directed by Peter Weir. The story revolves around a small group of prisoners who… 04/01/2011
Cuba’s Fidel Castro signals departure as party chiefCuba’s former president Fidel Castro may have given up his last leadership post. The 84-year-old told students in Havana that frail health had forced him to… 19/11/2010
Cuban dissident Farinas making recovery: motherCuban dissident Guillermo Farinas is making a slowl but encouraging following his four-month hunger strike, his mother told Euronews in an exclusive… 14/07/2010
Stalin hometown statue taken downA statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has been taken down from the central square of his home town, Gori, in Georgia. The operation was completed between… 25/06/2010
Thousands mark “Day of the Sun” in North KoreaFireworks and lasers have lit up the skies in North Korea, as the country marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung. There have… 15/04/2010
Splits overshadow German far-left commemorationThousands have gathered in Berlin for the traditional anniversary commemoration of the deaths of Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht, the founders of the… 10/01/2010
Russian communists celebrate Stalin’s birthdayToday marked the 130th birthday of the infamous leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin. Russian communists, many of them elderly, have been celebrating… 21/12/2009
Romanians re-enact origins of 1989 revolutionRomanians in the city of Timisoara paid homage last night to the fighters who took to the streets twenty years ago sparking the revolution that swept a… 17/12/2009
Lenin statue in Kiev causes more frictionScuffles have broken out between nationalists and communists in Kiev at the unveiling of a restored statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. The statue… 27/11/2009
Recount in Moldova hands communists victoryMoldova’s ruling communist party has been declared the winner in a disputed parliamentary election following a recount. It was ordered by president… 21/04/2009
The murderous past of the Red Army FactionIn 1972, four years after the Red Army Faction was founded, the police thought they had made a significant strike against it. They arrested the founders of… 24/11/2008
