# cold-war - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# George Blake
# George Blake
Russian news agencies reported Blake’s death today.
# cold-war - Wednesday 25 December, 2019
# John F Kennedy
# John F Kennedy
“You must not worry about Santa Claus,” President Kennedy told the young girl on 28 October 1961.
# cold-war - Saturday 9 November, 2019
# Cold War
# Cold War
Merkel herself grew up in East Germany and was a scientist working in Berlin on 9 November, 1989.
# cold-war - Saturday 14 September, 2019
# Coo-ld War
# Coo-ld War
The CIA hoped birds of prey could be trained for “emplacement” missions like dropping a listening device on a windowsill.
# cold-war - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Nuclear Arms
# Nuclear Arms
This comes after Washington launched the process to pull out of the INF treaty this year.
# cold-war - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Fr Patrick Peyton
# Fr Patrick Peyton
Fr Patrick Peyton taught Americans to recite the Rosary from the 1940s onwards.
# cold-war - Friday 1 February, 2019
# Arms Race
# Arms Race
The withdrawal follows years of unresolved dispute over Russian compliance with the 1987 pact.
# cold-war - Sunday 21 October, 2018
# Cold War Era
# Cold War Era
The US has accused Russia of breaking the terms of the treaty signed during the 1980s.
# cold-war - Friday 11 August, 2017
# Atomic Bong
# Atomic Bong
The men have been jailed for between five to eight years.
# cold-war - Friday 16 June, 2017
# Cold War
From The42
# Cold War
The Russian mocked Ward’s ‘Son of God’ nickname by referring to him as the ‘Son of Judges.’
# cold-war - Friday 30 December, 2016
# EXTRACT
From The42
# EXTRACT
In an extract from his recent biography, Richard Askwith argues that Emil Zatopek merits comparison to Muhammad Ali.
# cold-war - Friday 23 December, 2016
# Cold War Of Words
# Cold War Of Words
The US President-elect had said the US needs to expand its nuclear capabilities until “the world comes to its senses regarding nukes”.
# cold-war - Thursday 22 December, 2016
# Cold War Of Words
# Cold War Of Words
The US President-elect made the comment a few hours after Vladimir Putin said something similar about Russia.
# cold-war - Monday 28 November, 2016
# Cold War
# Cold War
The president drew criticism for his comments on the death of the Communist leader.
# cold-war - Thursday 24 November, 2016
# NO THAW IN RELATIONS
# NO THAW IN RELATIONS
The Nordic country has taken the case to the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
# cold-war - Wednesday 9 November, 2016
# World Leaders React
# World Leaders React
A lot of far-right leaders are very happy with the election result.
# cold-war - Thursday 13 October, 2016
# Putin On A Strong Front
# Putin On A Strong Front
“I am deeply convinced that it is our Western partners, first and foremost of course the United States, who are responsible for the situation.”
# cold-war - Monday 10 October, 2016
# Cold War
# Cold War
The ongoing civil war in Syria has seen relations between the countries sour further.
# cold-war - Tuesday 9 August, 2016
# War On Drugs
From The42
# War On Drugs
Elsewhere, Sun Yang came under attack after winning the men’s 200m freestyle.
# cold-war - Monday 21 September, 2015
# cold-war - Saturday 8 August, 2015
# Billion Dollar Spy
# Billion Dollar Spy
Meet Adolf Tolkachev – and find out how he was betrayed by the CIA.
# cold-war - Friday 30 January, 2015
# Putin The Boot In
# Putin The Boot In
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned of a new Cold War atmosphere emerging.
# cold-war - Thursday 1 January, 2015
# Cold War
# Cold War
Newly released documents show the Government had ‘no intention’ to get involved in the crew’s case against the UK.
# cold-war - Friday 19 December, 2014
# Controversy
# Controversy
The controversy rocked the British political establishment at the height of the Cold War.
# cold-war - Thursday 18 December, 2014
# Cigar Diplomacy
# Cigar Diplomacy
Wondering what’s going on between the US and Cuba? Find out here…
# cold-war - Sunday 14 December, 2014
# Cold War
# Cold War
“The problem with luck is that eventually it runs out.”
# cold-war - Saturday 13 December, 2014
# Cold War
# Cold War
Have you heard about the time the US bombed itself by accident?
# cold-war - Sunday 9 November, 2014
# Cold War
# Cold War
It signalled the end of the Soviet Union, which would eventually dissolve in 1991.
# cold-war - Saturday 8 November, 2014
# BERLIN 25
# BERLIN 25
The 83-year-old has accused the West, particularly the US, of giving in to “triumphalism” after the collapse of the USSR.
# cold-war - Friday 17 October, 2014
# Terrorism
# Terrorism
Is a clash of ideologies tearing apart the fabric of world order?
# cold-war - Monday 22 September, 2014
# Withdrawal
# Withdrawal
While Ukrainian military units are appearing to pull back, rebels have said they are willing to carry out their side of the deal.
# cold-war - Monday 15 September, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
The West needs to stop hiding behind treaties that Russia has already invalidated, writes John O’Donnell.
# cold-war - Saturday 30 August, 2014
# Escalation
# Escalation
Leaders meeting in Brussels are likely to boost sanctions against Moscow. “Europe has to act,” France’s Francois Hollande said today.
# cold-war - Sunday 11 May, 2014
# Deepening Crisis
# Deepening Crisis
The ballots are being held in provinces where insurgents hold more than a dozen towns. The US has said they “violate international law”.
# cold-war - Friday 9 May, 2014
# Victory Day
# Victory Day
11,000 troops also marched in Red Square as part of Victory Day in Russia.
# cold-war - Friday 25 April, 2014
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The developments prompted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to call Russian President Vladimir Putin to voice “great concern”.
# cold-war - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
# Crimea Crisis
# Crimea Crisis
The US space agency has cut all contacts with Russia, except for cooperation on board the International Space Station.
# cold-war - Sunday 23 March, 2014
# Threat Of War
# Threat Of War
The country’s interim leaders say they fear an imminent invasion, following the fall of their last airbase in Crimea.
# cold-war - Thursday 20 March, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everybody’s talking about the youths arrested over St. Patrick’s Day assault, Leo Varadkar and Callinan and those no make-up selfies.
# Tit For Tat
# Tit For Tat
The latest measures by the US is being described as the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.
