No wall that keeps people out and restricts freedom is so high or so wide that it can’t be broken down

Former Trabant factory begins turning out the most modern VW ever

Review: Ceaseless adulation grates – but it is still a fascinating study of a remarkable life

Moscow defends Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 as Baltic states celebrate 1989 ‘freedom chain’

Hungary’s fence-building PM Viktor Orban to lead celebration of historic dash for freedom

Russia and the US blame each other for dismantling longstanding missile agreement

Fears of arms race as Pompeo says Moscow ‘solely responsible’ for collapse of 1987 treaty

Review: Under Johan Renck’s direction, these scenes are as grim as the architecture, brutal and unforgiving

A new TV drama depicts the 1986 nuclear meltdown that threatened to poison Europe

Vilnius court finds last Soviet defence chief guilty of war crimes and convicts 66 others

Nursultan Nazarbayev resigns despite having approved legislation in the past making him leader for life

Withdrawal by US and Russia from nuclear deal sparks fears about potential new arms race

Critics note that suspension will leave US free to begin developing its own weapons

Bush could claim to have been one of the most successful foreign-policy US presidents

Over 250 feature, documentary and short films to screen over next ten days

The US is preparing to walk away from a pact that has made the world safer for 40 years

Trump claims Moscow has violated 1987 deal limiting strategic weapon development

Russia says unilateral US withdrawal would be ‘very dangerous’ as US security adviser set for talks in Moscow

While the country presented its best face to the world, many natives see it as an illusion

Kremlin officials hail meeting while warning to not expect any ‘breakthrough’ in Helsinki

During the 20th century, several summits changed the course of history

No need to worry about economy overheating but we need to look past corporate taxes

Nokia 8 can capture video from both its front and rear cameras at the same time, and broadcast the images side-by-side to the likes of YouTube

Washington and Moscow agree at G20 sideline meeting to ceasefire in western Syria

Country’s longest-serving postwar chancellor was driving force behind the euro

As during the Reagan era, the Kremlin is unsettled by Trump’s unpredictability

British PM urges Americans not to go it alone in world ahead of meeting with Trump

As Trump’s swearing in approaches, finally bipartisan consensus: It’s time to flip out

On Christmas Day, 1991, Gorbachev ended the USSR and Boris Yelstin took power

A €1.7bn sarcophagus has been designed to contain killer toxic nuclear fuel and dust

The death of an empire

‘Remarkable statesman’ an ‘irreparable loss’, Vladimir Putin tells Raúl Castro

Further 45 athletes fail dope tests after Beijing and London Olympics samples retested

Relatives of those who died in Ukraine nuclear blast hold a candle-lit vigil

Michelle Obama and George W Bush among the mourners at California ceremony

‘Sinn Féin must know that unionists will never fully return to the Assembly while even the faintest shadow of an IRA gunman remains’

A series in which Irish Times writers go off the beaten track. This week: a seaweed foraging workshop in Kerry is a feast for mind, body and taste buds, and the day ends with a unique 10-course banquet

UN secretary-general awarded Tipperary International Peace Award

As layoffs and wage cuts hit in wake of economic slump, doctors battle health complications

Ukrainian president says Russian politician was murdered because he planned to disclose evidence of Russia’s role in Ukraine