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Czechs celebrate Velvet Revolution

18 Nov 2009, 1:34PM

Thousands have marched through Prague to remember a student protest that grew into a human tidal wave sweeping away the communist regime. Read more

'Ostalgia' spreads as decades pass

A room at the Ostel in Berlin, decorated in 1970s style (Getty)

10 Nov 2009, 2:20PM

In Berlin, you can holiday in a Communist era hotel and even take tours in a Trabant. But does the fashion for 'Ostalgia' hide a darker, more dangerous trend? Read more

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Fall of the Wall: Interactive map

10 Nov 2009, 9:44AM

Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall came down, changing the face of Europe forever - but what was it like to live through those experiences? Read more

Key moments: The wall goes up

01 Nov 2009, 12:00AM

August 13, 1961: Berliners are stunned when they wake to find their city divided by a wall of barbed wire and bricks. Read more

Timeline: From partition to reunification

01 Nov 2009, 12:00AM

For almost 30 years, the people of East and West Berlin, and East and West Germany, lived separate lives, divided by an Iron Curtain. Read more


Wall anniversary inspires call for unity

Giant dominoes topple to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall (EPA/AAP)

10 Nov 2009, 6:57PM

World leaders including US President Barack Obama have issued rousing calls to pull together to solve global problems as Germany reflected on its historic day marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. Read more

Key quotes from the Berlin celebrations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel giving a speech at the Brandenburg Gate (AP/AAP)

10 Nov 2009, 11:34AM

World leaders gathered in Berlin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, hailing the moment when Europe changed forever.

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Emotions flow at Berlin Wall anniversary

10 Nov 2009, 9:24AM

World leaders joined more than 100,000 revellers for emotional celebrations 20 years after the Berlin Wall's fall and called for a new transatlantic push against threats to global peace. Read more

Cities of heroes: risking it all

Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig, October 1989 (LTS/Kuehne)

09 Nov 2009, 5:26PM

The revolutionary year of 1989 saw thousands of ordinary East Germans take to the streets, risking their reputations, careers, and even lives to demand freedom.

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My part in Wall's downfall: Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy chipping away at the Berlin Wall in 1989 (Getty)

09 Nov 2009, 5:05PM

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has shared his memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall, telling how he chipped away at the concrete slabs with a pickaxe. Read more

Berlin Wall anniversary a call to action: Clinton

Hillary Clinton (AAP)

09 Nov 2009, 12:31PM

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Europeans and Americans to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.
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Concern for capitalism, 20 years after wall

US President JFK in Berlin (AP/AAP)

01 Jan 1970, 10:00AM

Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall heralded the demise of European communism, there is widespread dissatisfaction with capitalism, a poll suggests.

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Witness to the Wall

Barbel Simon (inset) and the Berlin Wall near her home at Lichtenrade (SBS)

09 Nov 2009, 9:41AM

Baerbel Simon grew up in the American sector of West Berlin, and lived alongside the wall and its 'Death Strip' for decades.

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Putin feels 'nostalgia' for East Germany

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (Getty)

09 Nov 2009, 6:20AM

Russia's PM Vladimir Putin says he feels nostalgia for the former East Germany, in the most revealing description yet of his half-decade as a KGB agent. Read more

Berlin Wall re-erected in Los Angeles

East German soldiers next to the dismantled Berlin Wall (AFP/Getty)

06 Nov 2009, 10:28PM

Twenty years after a seismic jolt of history sent it tumbling down, a section of the Berlin Wall has been rebuilt in Los Angeles.  Read more