Category - soviet union

Hungary recalls end of Iron Curtain with mixed emotions

Stephen Brown — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:00:22 +0100

Hungary has marked the 20th anniversary of a symbolic opening of the Iron Curtain, which once separated it from neighbouring Austria, amid warnings from churches that Europe remains divided.

Kazakh churches say draft law harks back to Soviet era

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:11:38 +0100

Christian churches in Kazakhstan have condemned a new draft law on religions, which they say will re-impose Soviet-style restrictions in a country where Islam has the largest number of followers.

Stalin's victims remembered at site of church used for killing field

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:40:42 +0000

President Putin has attended a memorial service conducted by Patriarch Aleksei II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, at a church built near a Soviet police secret killing field, to commemorate the victims of Josef Stalin.