Landmarks of Reunified Germany ...

Despite making up less than one-fifth of the German population, eastern German voters are in particular focus ahead of the ...

“The first wall to fall was pushed over in 1980 in the Polish shipyards. Later, other symbolic walls came down, and the Germans, of course, tore down the literal wall in Berlin. The fall of the ...

Starting on Friday the city of Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most momentous geopolitical events of the 20th century. Germany was ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial ... political and historical context that led to the wall’s construction, its fall and the reunification of Germany.

The highlight of our 1989 trip was a special side trip to Berlin to participate in the historical tearing down of the wall at Checkpoint Charlie and other places. While there, we celebrated New ...

The renowned art historian Bénédicte Savoy is an expert on the forced appropriation of cultural assets through war and colonialism, an area of research that concerns everyone in Europe. This ...

More than three decades after the fall of the Wall, the formerly divided Berlin has emerged as one of Europe's most dynamic, captivating capitals. With shiny new architecture constantly popping up ...

Thirty years after celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe has gone on a wall-building spree. In its next budget cycle (2021-27), the EU plans to spend €34.9bn ($38.4bn) on border security, to ...

Thirty-two years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, there are now 1,800km of walls and fences either built or under construction on Europe’s borders. That is the equivalent of almost 12 new ...

In Dresden, East Germany he witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. With the collapse of the Soviet Union two years later, Putin and 800,000 KGB officers were left shipwrecked.