Germany How fall of the Berlin Wall paved way for Germany’s populists Today many Easterners can't help but feel they were merely absorbed by their more wealthy, Western neighbors, rather than joining as equal partners. 05/02/2018
Cult Trabant celebrates 60th anniversary It was 60 years ago that the first Trabant rolled off the production line. A symbol of mobility in Communist East Germany, 'Trabis', nicknamed 'plastic bombers', have achieved cult status and are now a collector's item. 07/11/2017
Cult Art from behind the Berlin wall Voices of Dissent: Art in the German Democratic Republic 1976-1989 22/08/2016
le mag What Berlin did for Bowie David Bowie took up many striking and unique personas during his five-decade long career. Ever the chamaleon, he changed his look and music style 14/01/2016
Germany Gunter Schabowski, man who accidentally sparked fall of Berlin Wall, dies Gunter Schabowski the East German spokesperson whose error led to the demise of the Berlin Wall has died aged 86. Guenter Schabowski, official whose 01/11/2015
hi-tech German film-maker offers time-travel app for augmented reality experience Showing you the Berlin Wall like you’ve never seen it before. The brainchild of German film-maker Robin von Hardenberg, Timetraveler is an app 07/11/2014
Germany Watch: eight Vine videos to relive the historic fall of the Berlin Wall To mark the 25th anniversary of the tumbling of the Berlin Wall, we have brought together eight key videos, to help you relive this era-defining 06/11/2014
Germany Escapes over the Berlin Wall A part of the Berlin wall can still be seen in Bernauer Strasse. It was here that some of the early escapes from West to East took place. In the 29/10/2014
Germany The fall of the Berlin Wall At 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 29/10/2014
Germany Building the Berlin Wall On Sunday August 13 1961, the inhabitants of Berlin woke up to find the city alive with construction workers. Some 40,000 soldiers and East German 29/10/2014
insiders Generation wall - growing up after the fall of the Iron Curtain The Cold War ended 25 years ago with the fall of the Berlin Wall. In the years since, there have been many changes across eastern Europe. Reporter 24/10/2014
Back in the Day Back in the Day: JFK’s Supportive Jelly Doughnut Speech June 26, 1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, underlining American support for democratic West 26/06/2013
