The Iron Curtain was synonymous with death and oppression. It was festooned with mines, tripwires that triggered automatic guns, barbed wire, watchtowers, vicious dogs and guards who were paid ...

At the end of World War Two, the iron curtain divided Europe. Now, it is an ecological haven stretching through Germany.

It has been nearly 80 years since Winston Churchill delivered his ‘Iron Curtain Speech’ but the message in it still resonates to this day. Less than a year after the guns had fallen silent ...

Before the end of the Cold War, the Iron Curtain cut off the Soviet Union from the rest of Europe. Life there was restricted, but as its leaders changed, Western influence began to reach residents ...