But some colour did slip through the Iron Curtain and into her life. "Some of my classmate's parents were sailors. They would sail to Japan and they would bring their kids Japanese chewing gum.

The fence plan drew condemnation, evoking memories of the days of the Iron Curtain. The UN said it would 'place too many barriers' to the 'human right' to seek asylum Author of the article: The ...

This book traces the author’s trip in 2019 along the entire length of what used to be the Iron Curtain, from the small Norwegian port of Grense Jakobselv on the Barents Sea to Sadarak, an Azerbaijani ...

But now, governments in Eastern Europe say the treaty makes it harder to protect their borders. Many call this a return to Cold War-style defenses, comparing it to a new “Iron Curtain” in Europe.

On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill, in a famous speech in Fulton, Mo., stated that a Soviet Union "Iron Curtain" had "descended across" Europe.

More than 70 years ago, on 5 March 1946, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his ‘iron curtain’ speech at Westminster College in Fulton. The speech immediately attracted ...

For us Lithuanians the celebration of VE Day means something different than to the peoples of western Europe who ended up on the right side of the Iron Curtain.

Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ nearly 80 years on While the Soviet Union no longer exists, with the rise to power of Vladimir Putin in 2000 Russia has been trying to reclaim its standing as a ...

SINGAPORE/MANILA, June 3 (Bloomberg): A senior defence official of the Philippines expressed concern that growing distrust would lead to the return of the "Iron Curtain.” "Decoupling amid the ...

Photo: Winston Churchill at the podium delivering his "Iron Curtain" speech, at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri, 5th March 1946 (PA) ...