World news about “Fall of the Berlin wall” published by euronews.
German comedy Russendisko on 1990s Berlin Three young Russian friends – Vladimir, Andrej and Mischa – move to Berlin just after the fall of the wall. Based on a best-selling German book, Russendisko… 28/03/2012
Germany: Fall of Berlin Wall marked – nocomment The 22nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has been celebrated in Berlin. Mayor Klaus Wowereit thanked former East German civil rights campaigners… 09/11/2011
Leipzig-The birthplace of a peaceful revolution Leipzig, the city of Bach and Mendelssohn is also the place that spawned a revolution. On October the 9th 1989, 70,000 citizens defied the guns and the will… 23/09/2009
Back in the Day: the wind of change blows down the Berlin WallNovember 9, 1989. Berliners begin to cross the Berlin Wall freely, 28 years, two months and 28 days after construction began and passage from East to West… 09/11/2011
News review 2009, second partWelcome to the second part of our news review of the year. 25/12/2009
Eastern European writers assess EU integrationTwenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, European authors are still trying to make sense of the impact. China may have been the guest of honour at… 25/12/2009
Berlin – The Alexanderplatz protestsThe universal clock on the popular Alexanderplatz was already ticking on the 4th of November in 1989. Now it displays a time when east Berliners were not… 04/11/2009
The fall of the Berlin WallAt 21h20 the barrier rose at the frontier post on Bornholmer strasse. The Berlin Wall was open. The decision to throw open the border was announced live… 03/11/2009
Leipzig celebrates being the first brick to fallLeipzig, 20 years after the fall of the wall. The former East Germany’s second city was at the heart of the popular movement that brought the curtain down on… 03/11/2009
Bush, Gorbachev and Kohl honoured in BerlinThe three leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States and West Germany, at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, have been honoured in the German… 31/10/2009
Berlin, GermanyThe former leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union and West Germany, at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, have come together to celebrate and… 31/10/2009
Leipzig remembers its proudest momentThe first of the falling dominos in the former East Germany that led to the collapse of the Berlin wall was in Leipzig, 20 years ago. Last night the people… 10/10/2009
Leipzig’s peaceful revolution – 20 years onToday marks the 20th anniversary of the Leipzig peaceful revolution. Chanting “we are the people” more than 70,000 East Germans marched through the city in… 09/10/2009
Exhibitions: Berlin Wall/FadoThis autumn sees the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and with it the end of an era of division and isolation in Europe. To mark the events, a… 08/10/2009
