Online Shopping a Steep Learning Curve for Cuba
Cuba’s catch-up with the world of e-commerce, encouraged by its communist rulers during the coronavirus lockdown, has left many users angry.
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Rights Court Backs Albania on How It Makes Up for Communist Ills
Albania’s system of compensating for land its former communist regime’s land seizures won support Thursday from Europe’s top rights court, despite claims from the public that it’s inadequate.
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China’s Communist Party Faces Biggest Crisis Since SARS
China’s ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn’t under control and cancel this year’s highest-profile official event. Or bring 3,000 legislators to Beijing in March and risk fueling public anger at the government’s handling of the disease.
Read morePrague Grants Milan Kundera Citizenship Stripped Under Communism
Novelist Milan Kundera has gained Czech citizenship four decades after communist Czechoslovakia stripped him of citizenship following his emigration to France, the Czech foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Read morePoland Approves Controversial Judges to Constitutional Court
Poland’s parliament elected three ruling party nominees as judges to the constitutional court, including two widely denounced by opposition lawmakers, raising concerns about the court’s independence.
Read moreGermany, Allies Mark 30 Years Since Berlin Wall Fell
Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.
Read moreEscape Tunnel Underneath Berlin Wall Opens to Public
An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall opened to the public on Thursday for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of communist East Germany’s border.
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30 Years After Fall of the Wall, Eastern Europe a Bit Quizzical
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came crashing down, a wide-ranging survey finds many people in the former Soviet Union bloc happy about the transition to capitalism and multiparty democracy but also saying life in many areas isn’t better and has gotten worse.
Read moreCzech Court Nixes Controversial Church Compensation Tax
The Czech Republic’s constitutional court on Tuesday canceled a law slapping income tax on the billions the state will pay churches for assets seized by the Communists during their Cold War rule.
Read morePolice Shoot Hong Kong Protester on China’s National Day
Hong Kong police shot a pro-democracy protester in the chest on Tuesday as violent clashes erupted across the city hours after China held a massive military parade in Beijing to celebrate 70 years of Communist Party rule.
Read moreAmazon Sued for Selling Charcoal Made on Land Taken by Cuba
Amazon was hit with a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming its online sales of Cuban charcoal violate federal law because the retail giant is profiting off property seized by the country’s communist government in the 1950s.
Read moreBerlin Airlift Remembered, Key Moment in Cold War
Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.
Read moreGOP Alarms About Socialism Elicit Shrugs in Colorado
In the scruffy, high-desert town of Alamosa, Colorado, encircled by prairies and potato farms, Sen. Cory Gardner drew shouts of approval last week for his message that Democrats are shoving the country toward socialism. But in dozens of interviews, potential voters didn’t seem too worried about it.
Read morePompeo Warns Eastern Europe on Chinese and Russian Meddling
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday invoked the 30th anniversary of the demise of communism to implore countries in Central and Eastern Europe to resist Chinese and Russian influence.
Read moreAlbania Searches for Victims of Communist Regime
The small Balkan nation of Albania is shedding new light on its dark past: This year international experts are expected to begin exhuming and identifying the remains of victims of the country’s brutal former communist dictatorship.
Read moreCEO Says Huawei Will Not Share Users’ Secrets
The founder of Huawei said Tuesday his company would refuse to disclose secrets about its customers and their communication networks, trying to lay to rest concerns the Chinese tech giant might spy for the Communist government.
Read moreHmong Exiles Reach End of Road in Suit Against Laos
The Ninth Circuit on Monday tossed a Hmong woman’s proposed class action accusing Laos of trying to exterminate Hmong people who fought in the Vietnam War as part of the CIA’s “secret army.”
Read moreConservative Causes Uproar in EU Parliament for Nazi Comment
A leading British Conservative in the European Parliament has come under a barrage of criticism after he compared current-day socialist parties with Nazism.
Read moreVietnam Parliament Elects Communist Party Chief as President
Vietnam’s rubber stamp National Assembly elected Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country’s president on Tuesday, consolidating his influence as the most powerful man in the Southeast Asian nation.
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