It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria ...

"It's like being in the same country as my loved ones, as there are practically no borders anymore," she said. For centuries, the region was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire in so-called "Greater ...

Visiting Hungary as a teenager, opera singer Katalin Benedekffy used to have to wait up to a whole day at the border at her ...