Russian military officials say the last surviving Soviet Red Army veteran of World War II who took part in the storming of the Reichstag in Berlin in 1945 has died at the age of 93 in St. Petersburg.

Travelers get a wonderful chance to witness European history in the making. Years ago, when I got my history degree, I said to myself, “I’d better get a business degree, too, so I have something ...

MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry expressed surprise at statements made by some German politicians and Bundestag's deputies, who expressed dissatisfaction with Russia's plans ...

It’s a semi-mystery that’s over eight decades long: who set fire to the Reichstag, the German parliament, on Feb. 27, 1933? As described in the Mar. 6, 1933, issue of TIME, the arson came amid “a ...

BERLIN — Christo, the avant-garde artist who has wrapped everything from Florida islands to the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, will launch today his last campaign to shroud the revered Reichstag ...

Anyone who was in Berlin in the summer of 1995 will probably remember it for the rest of their lives: how the Reichstag — the seat of the German parliament — disappeared. Not blown up, not demolished, ...

A group of activists failed in their attempt to dismantle Berlin’s most controversial Holocaust memorial. They were upset that the provocative sculpture originally contained the ashes of victims of ...

The German army ordered 400 soldiers to march in front of the Reichstag building, home to Germany’s federal parliament, last Tuesday in Berlin as part of a swearing in ceremony. In the presence of ...

Visitors watch the illuminated Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, June 15, 2025. In the midsummer nights of Berlin, the Reichstag is once again "wrapped," not in fabric this time, but in light. From June 9 ...

Thirty years ago, Germany's parliament building "disappeared" under silver fabric for two weeks. The work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude is now celebrated with a light installation. Anyone who ...