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Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Greens group, European Parliament“I was in Frankfurt. What I remember most was a press conference being held by Gunter… 02/11/09 22:26 CET
Wojciech Jaruzelski, former president of Poland“I can hardly remember where I was exactly. I was probably in my office. I got the news even before… 02/11/09 21:37 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Pavel Fischer, Czech Ambassador to France02/11/09 20:37 CET
Volker Schlöndorff, Filmmaker02/11/09 19:37 CET
Cristian Mungiu, Filmmaker“I was in my home town when it happened. But what was more important for me was that after the… 02/11/09 18:37 CET
Emir Kusturica, Filmmaker“I was in the United States. I was teaching at Columbia, so I was taking it as just another working… 02/11/09 17:37 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Pascal Lamy02/11/09 16:41 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Laurent Joffrin, Editor Liberation02/11/09 15:37 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Ezio Mauro, Director, la Repubblica“I was the Moscow correspondent for la Republica and one of my strongest memories was the day when… 02/11/09 14:37 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Javier Moreno, Editor, El Pais“I had the chance to live fairly in Germany. The weekend I went to Berlin, the emotion was… 02/11/09 13:41 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Jutta Scheffer“I was studying politics in West Berlin. That night we went out thinking nothing was going to… 02/11/09 12:04 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Sebastian Saam, euronews“I come from Passau in Lower Bavaria, a town which lots of refugees fled to because it was the… 02/11/09 11:37 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Herbert Rudolf“I come from the German minority in Romania and during those weeks and months, I just listened to… 02/11/09 10:37 CET
When the Berlin Wall fell: Cristoph Debets“For me, the fall of the Berlin Wall came a day too late. I then worked for BBC World Service… 02/11/09 09:37 CET
Mikhaïl Gorbachev, former president of the USSR“I was in Moscow. It was night. I was asleep. Very early in the morning. It was the ambassador who… 02/11/09 23:00 CET
cinema
French documentary flies off with Golden DoveThe second largest documentary festival in Europe, Dok Leipzig showcased 330 films this year, from… 02/11/09 19:19 CET
corporate
Ford surprises with quarterly profitThe only major US automaker that avoided bankruptcy this year has surprised Wall Street with a… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
RBS faces forced salesThe Royal Bank of Scotland is facing more forced sales in a UK bank shake-up. The bank says a deal… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
Faurecia to buy US firm EMCONThe French car parts group Faurecia has struck a deal to buy the US firm EMCON technologies… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
Hugo Boss gives gloomy outlookShares in the German fashion company Hugo Boss fell slightly this morning after it gave a gloomy… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
economy
Boost in euro zone manufacturingThere is further evidence the euro zone is bouncing back from its worst recession in decades… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
europa
Van Rompuy, from Belgian premier to EU president?Belgian centre-right Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy is emerging as a strong “consensus” runner… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
EU eyes turn to Prague for treaty decisionThe Czech Republic court decision that could clear the way for the last signature on the European… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
le mag
Falling for Spain’s autumnal arts showTheatre, dance, music and even circus, Spain’s Festival of Autumn will showcase the range of… 02/11/09 19:19 CET
markets
Markets seem relaxed over CIT caseThe bankruptcy case of CIT Group has been assigned to a new judge after the one appointed earlier… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
world news
Climate’s towering agenda in BarcelonaA ‘Save the climate’ banner by Greenpeace towered above the spires of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia… 02/11/09 21:15 CET
Karadzic to attend war crimes trial on TuesdayThe former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who has boycotted his war crimes trial since it… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
Floods bring parts of Scotland to a standstillHeavy rain is causing havoc in Scotland. Dozens of elderly people have been moved from a care home… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
Karzai confirmed as Afghan election winnerHamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of the Afghan presidential election. The… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
UN wants swift response from Iran on nuclear dealIran has been urged to respond quickly to a deal aimed at easing international tension over its… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
Tamiflu touches down in KievA plane carrying 300,000 doses of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu has arrived in Kiev. The… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
Britain and Russia stress common groundRussia and the UK have put on a show of unity during the first visit to Moscow by a British foreign… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
Spanish actor Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez dies at 87Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez, one of Spain’s most celebrated stars of stage and screen, has died at his… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
Quelle holds Germany’s biggest ever clearance saleBargain hunters have been stripping the shelves at bankrupt German high street giant and mail order… 02/11/09 20:32 CET
Afghan presidential run-off poll cancelledThere will be no second round of voting in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election, which had… 02/11/09 14:09 CET
Iran ‘ready’ to make nuclear dealIran says it is ready for new discussions on the proposed deal aimed at easing international… 02/11/09 13:43 CET
Miliband breaks the ice in MoscowBritain and Russia are trying to thaw out frosty relations during the first visit to Moscow by a … 02/11/09 13:43 CET
Probe to monitor impact of climate changeA 315-million-euro satellite designed to guage the impact of climate change on the movement of… 02/11/09 13:43 CET
34 die in Rawalpindi suicide bomb attackAt least 34 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack near an army headquarters in… 02/11/09 13:43 CET
Afghanistan: Second round presidential run-off poll called offUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Afghanistan as news broke that the second-round… 02/11/09 13:32 CET
34 die in Rawalpindi suicide bomb attackAt least 34 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack near an army headquarters in… 02/11/09 08:03 CET
Romanian hotel closed as 40 students get H1N1A hotel in the Romanian mountain resort of Sinaia, has been closed after 40 law students caught the… 02/11/09 07:37 CET
Afghanistan vote in doubt after Abdullah pull outThere is confusion in Afghanistan today over whether a second round run off will go ahead following… 02/11/09 07:34 CET
Switzerland suspends tax deal with ItalySwitzerland’s President Hans-Rudolf Merz has put on hold a tax deal with Italy further worsening a… 02/11/09 07:34 CET
Two quit over sacking of government drugs advisorThe UK government has lost two more of its top drugs advisors after sacking its own chief expert on… 02/11/09 07:33 CET
US lender CIT group files for bankruptcyThe giant US lender CIT group has filed for bankruptcy. The move comes after a debt exchange offer… 02/11/09 06:13 CET
