Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall crossing place that came to symbolise the Cold War has degenerated into a seedy tourist trap which uses actors posing as border guards in a failed attempt to recrea ...

Workers on Tuesday began removing crosses at Berlin’s former Checkpoint Charlie after a museum lost a court battle to keep the memorial to people killed at the East German border during the Cold ...

Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.