The central aim of the sixth postgraduate conference of the History of European Integration Research Society (HEIRS) was to link the often unconnected research on European Integration to the Cold War and vice versa.

The conference organizers wanted to challenge the way European history has been written until now and to test a new approach to the history of the continent.

The Washington-based organization Freedom House, which measures the degree of liberty in countries around the world, says Ukraine is setting an example for its region in the progress it is making in democratization.

But Freedom House's director of studies, Christopher Walker, warns of possible dangers ahead in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War the Polish weekly „Tygodnik Powszechny” analyzes various interpretations of the year 1945 in Poland and in other countries, today and in the past. It also looks at how the anniversary influenced Polish-Russian relations. On the 8th/9th of May the German armed forces had signed the unconditional surrender which ended the war in Europe. "Tygodnik Powszechny" tries to answer the question how the Poles remember this event 65 years later as well as how the Germans refer to this anniversary.