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: Berlin gets ready to celebrate fall of the wall

Berlin gets ready to celebrate fall of the wall

Final preparations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall are being put in place in the German capital. The giant party, which has been dubbed the ‘Festival of Freedom‘…


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: Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”

Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”

In 1986, the Soviet regime made the first breach in the Iron Curtain. Mikhail Gorbachev, the new Secretary General of the Communist Party, used the 27th Party Congress to annouce an ambitious…


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Travel: Visa-free EU travel for Balkan states?

Visa-free EU travel for Balkan states?

The European Commission has proposed that citizens from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia be allowed to travel freely to the EU member countries without a visa from this coming January. Their outlook…

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Economy: Latvia blues, from military-political to economic

Latvia blues, from military-political to economic

Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, today Latvians are facing another battle… for economic survival.

Economy


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: Neukölln puts accent on integration

Neukölln puts accent on integration

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, more than 38 per cent of the Berlin city district of Neukölln is made up of immigrant familes and the unemployment rate in the immigrant community is…


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Research: Studying the seas

Studying the seas

The circulation of water in the world’s oceans influences the climate. An important factor is the salinity of the water. Global data however, is incomplete. It is hoped that the SMOS satellite will…

Research


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Medicine: Artificial heart goes into production

Artificial heart goes into production

An artificial heart that acts almost like a real one could be available to patients within a few years.

Medicine


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Sculpture: Antony Gormley spins into Beijing

Antony Gormley spins into Beijing

It looks a bit as though a giant spider has been at work in the Galleria Continua in Beijing. But the steel cords are the work of British artist Antony Gormley.

Sculpture


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Food: British wine wins prizes

British wine wins prizes

The sene almost looks like France or even Italy – vineyards rolling almost as far as the eye can see – but in fact these 265 acres of vineyards are in England, just 20 miles west of London…

Food


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Sport: The Icarus Cup: France’s Free Flying Festival

The Icarus Cup: France’s Free Flying Festival

If it flies without an engine you’ll find it at the 36th edition of the Icarus Cup The only free-flying festival of its kind in the world took place, as it has done for last 35 years, at Saint…

Sport


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: Tiananmen Square and the Berlin Wall 20-years on

Tiananmen Square and the Berlin Wall 20-years on

1989 saw two of the most dramatic events in recent world history, in June China ordered the crackdown on pro-democracy students at Tiananmen Square, while five-months later the Berlin Wall fell…


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Poverty: Poverty and social exclusion

Poverty and social exclusion

Most EU citizens do not consider themselves to be at risk from poverty, but 73% of them do consider poverty in their own country to be widespread. These are among the findings of a Eurobarometer…

Poverty