Since 1948, this 88-year-old woman and her German pen pal Lisa Kull, 89, have exchanged Christmas cards annually. Their ...

Thirty-five years after the fall of the German Democratic Republic, a ‘mental wall’ continues to divide the country, ...

Meg VanderLaan and Claudia Schneider have known each other since they were teens and feel as close as sisters, but have met ...

The far right, polling second in voting intention with 19%, is trying to take electoral advantage of the incident two months ...

It was the last great European battle of the Second World War and Hitler's final attempt to prevent the downfall of Nazi ...

An 88-year-old great-grandmother still receives a Christmas card every year from the German pen pal she has been writing to since she was 12. Sylvia Perkins, from Bermondsey, south-east London, ...

Here are some of the words and phrases the BBC encountered this year that helped to unravel the changes taking place in world around us.

Happy Tuesday! We’d like to wish all our readers who are celebrating a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, and safe ...

We revisit five of Liverpools most memorable victories of the year, from their triumphs over Manchester United to their ...

Donner and Blitzen – or Dunder and Blixem – might know who wrote ‘The Night Before Christmas”.

Blossoming in tandem with the yuppies was the West Coast embrace of grunge culture and an anti-corporate ethos. Ultimate ...

On Monday afternoon in London's Alexandra Palace, Germany's last World Darts Championship hopes came to a surprisingly clear end. Ricardo Pietreczko, who thrilled the German darts fans with a strong ...