World news about “History”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.” … that changed history. … but, for us, history would probably … prophecies and history taught us a … 05/11/2009 - tags: Russia, History, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Velvet generations Czech sculptor David Cherny’s Trabant adorns the German embassy garden in Prague, a tribute to the days leading up to… 24/10/2009 - tags: History, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Dinosaur footprints This may look like an ordinary country lane but two amateur fosil hunters discovered a set of 30-odd dinasaur… 12/10/2009 - tags: History, Biology, Dinosaur
Leipzig-The birthplace of a peaceful revolution Leipzig, the city of Bach and Mendelssohn is also the place that spawned a revolution. On October the 9th 1989, 70,000… 23/09/2009 - tags: Germany, History, Fall of the Berlin wall, Berlin Wall
Turkey-Armenia – a decades-old disputeWhile Turkey continues to deny claims it carried out a genocide programme, a shadow will hang over the settlement… 10/10/2009 - tags: Armenia, Turkey, History, Diplomacy
Jewish resistance leader, Marek Edelman, diesTributes are flooding in, after the death of Marek Edelman. He was the last surviving leader of Jewish groups who… 03/10/2009 - tags: History, World War II, Marek Edelman
Last Surviving Leader of the Jewish Uprising in Nazi-occupied Poland has diedMarek Edelman, a driving force behind the Jewish uprising in Nazi-occupied Poland, has died. Edelman was the last… 03/10/2009 - tags: Poland, History
1989-2009: Is Europe really reunited?In 1989, East and West, apart for so long, met once more. A social and political European metamorphosis began. But… 08/09/2009 - tags: History, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Ordinary People released in FranceOrdinary People, a new film from Serbian director Vladimir Perisic, has just been released in France. The movie… 27/08/2009 - tags: War, History, Drama
Glorious release for Inglourious BasterdsInglourious Basterds is Quentin Tarentino’s latest box office hit. Starring Brad Pitt and a host of other luminaries… 26/08/2009 - tags: History, World War II, Quentin Tarentino
Hi-tech help in the search for Roald AmundsenA Norwegian navy ship has set off to locate the remains of the plane that sent legendary explorer Roald Amundsen to a… 24/08/2009 - tags: Technology, History
Spanish war exiles mark 70th anniversary in MexicoSpanish civil war exiles who fled to Mexico have been marking the 70th anniversary of their arrival in the central… 14/06/2009 - tags: Mexico, History
Demjanjuk: the long road to trialHe was born Yvan Demjanjuk in 1920 in the west of Ukraine. After serving in the Red Army at the start of World War Two… 12/05/2009 - tags: Justice, History
Demjanjuk arrives in Germany for Nazi trialAlleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has arrived in Germany from the US to face charges of involvement in the… 12/05/2009 - tags: Justice, History
Demjanjuk heads for GermanyThe alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk has left the United States and is en route for Germany, where he faces… 12/05/2009 - tags: Justice, History
Catholic-Jewish frictions highlighted at Yad VashemBenedict’s visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem comes against a background of friction between Judaism… 11/05/2009 - tags: Religion, History
Battle of Gallipoli rememberedThe 94th anniversary of the disastrous First World War Battle of Gallipoli is being marked today. Thousands of… 25/04/2009 - tags: Australia, Turkey, History
Austrian Holocaust denier goes on trialAn Austrian Holocaust denier has gone on trial for promoting Nazi ideology The start of the trial in… 20/04/2009 - tags: Justice, History
Henry VIII’s huge armour on showOne of the best known of England’s kings, Henry VIII is remembered for his six wives, his break with the Catholic… 07/04/2009 - tags: Exhibition, History
Rising to the challenge of teaching history in the BalkansThe history of the Balkans is rich in culture and tradition, but is also marked by conflict and ethnic strife… 29/01/2009 - tags: Balkans, History
‘Postwar’ wins second European Book PrizeEurope has rewarded British historian Tony Judt for his study of how the continent recovered from the horrors of World… 11/12/2008 - tags: Europe, Literature, History
Alexiy – portrait of a leaderAlexiy II was born Alexei Ridiguer in 1929 to a German family living in Estonia. His father was a priest and the young… 05/12/2008 - tags: Russia, Religion, History
London Musical takes on Final SolutionA musical tackling the Nazi persecution of Jews has opened in central London. “Imagine This” is a musical within a… 25/11/2008 - tag: History
UN court agrees to hear genocide case against SerbiaOn the day the UN ruled it could consider Croatia’s accusation of genocide against Serbia, Croats have been remembering… 18/11/2008 - tags: Croatia, Serbia, United Nations, International Court of Justice, History
Spanish judge drops Franco inquirySpain’s most high-profile judge has dropped an investigation into thousands of people who disappeared during the… 18/11/2008 - tags: Justice, History, Civil War
Piecing together the real BabylonSeparating the myths from the reality in the ancient and infamous city of Babylon is the task the British Museum has… 17/11/2008 - tags: Exhibition, History
