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Tens of thousands celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago

Germany's capital hosted open-air concerts, art installations and official events commemorating one of the country's most historic days in the 20th century.

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'Political wall' in Belarus will collapse, says Tsikhanouskaya

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya made the comments to Euronews on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Art installation marks Berlin Wall's 35th anniversary

Germany commemorated the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a stunning art installation in Berlin.

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Tour the Berlin Wall this month for the 35th anniversary of its fall

35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, here's how to celebrate in the German capital.

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Europe's five best cities for street art

As a new piece of biting political street art goes viral, we have a look at some of the best locations to check out local graffiti.

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A new app is bringing Cold War-era Berlin to life

60 years after the Berlin Wall divided the city, a new app aims to give history buffs an immersive experience of this pivotal moment in the Cold War era.

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How the building of the Berlin Wall started with a lie

Just before the construction of the Berlin Wall began 60 years ago, Walter Ulbricht, the former leader of East Germany, famously claimed: "nobody has any intention of building a wall".

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How commemoration and controversy shaped Europe's cultural year

It was a mixed year for Europe's culture vultures. Anniversaries such as the Berlin Wall provided a timely excuse to revisit a landmark historical event. But there was no shortage of controversy, too.

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Euroviews. George Soros: The rise of nationalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall ǀ View

The fall of the Berlin Wall dramatically and suddenly accelerated the collapse of communism in Europe. Thirty years later, the situation is very different. International cooperation has hit serious roadblocks, and nationalism became the dominant creed.

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Euroviews. The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Democracy seemed to have won out, but we were wrong ǀ View

Why the tide of freedom and democracy has started to ebb, and what can be done about it.

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Chocolatier celebrates Berlin Wall anniversary with tasty replica

French chocolate-maker Patrick Roger built a giant chocolate 'wall' in Paris to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

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Germany marks 30th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

Germany on Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.

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'Chisels were sold out across Berlin': Fall of the wall remembered

'Chisels were sold out across Berlin': Euronews journalists remember the fall of the wall

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1989: Europe and the wall

In this special edition of State of the Union, we took out the red sofa to ask people about their thoughts on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we speak to an MEP who lived through it as a young girl and look at the business of new walls in Europe.

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Berlin: From divided city to tourist hot spot

Hardly any other European city has undergone such rapid change in the past 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall

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Meet the man who tunnelled under the wall to help East Germans escape

Tunnels were just one of the creative ways East Germans tried to escape to freedom in the West.