News Source: Scoop
| 15 days ago
He hit the ground running here in Germany – and I don't mean just on the field as part of soccer diplomacy. (Laughter.) And both the President and I are grateful for your service and really look forward to a lot of close consultation over the next...
News Source: The Guardian
| 15 days ago
Asked by a journalist when regulations would take effect to allow East Berliners to cross the border, central committee spokesman Günter Schabowski improvised: "As far as I know ... as of now." Within hours the wall was assailed by a tide of East...
News Source: The Scotsman
| 15 days ago
Germans re-enacted the moment the Berlin Wall came down 20 years ago – toppling 1,000 huge graffiti-adorned dominoes that tumbled past the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of the capital. Last night's spectacle – billed by organisers as a metaphor...
News Source: The independent
| 15 days ago
When world leaders, past and present, met yesterday at the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, many high-flown words were spoken about freedom and unity, miracles and dreams. And if such language cannot be invoked to describe...
News Source: The independent
| 15 days ago
More than 2,000 Germans are still searching for family members lost as a result of the forced adoption policies instigated by Margot Honecker. The widow of Erich Honecker, the East German dictator who ordered the building of the Berlin Wall, lives in...
News Source: The independent
| 15 days ago
President Nicolas Sarkozy became embroiled in a bizarre verbal ping-pong match yesterday after he announced that he had personally helped to demolish the Berlin Wall on the first day of its fall 20 years ago. On his Facebook page, the French...