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 phoned to… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Greens group, European Parliament “I was in Frankfurt. What I remember most was a press conference being held by Gunter Schabowski, the… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
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 it was… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Pavel Fischer, Czech Ambassador to France 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Volker Schlöndorff, Filmmaker 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Cristian Mungiu, Filmmaker “I was in my home town when it happened. But what was more important for me was that after the Berlin Wall… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Emir Kusturica, Filmmaker “I was in the United States. I was teaching at Columbia, so I was taking it as just another working day. So… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Pascal Lamy 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Laurent Joffrin, Editor Liberation 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
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 Gorbachev… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
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 overwhelming… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Jutta Scheffer “I was studying politics in West Berlin. That night we went out thinking nothing was going to happen, we were… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
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 first town after… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
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 the radio all… 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Cristoph Debets … fall of the Berlin Wall came a day too … fall of the Berlin Wall, I was for the … 02/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Velvet Revolution celebrated in PragueTens of thousands of Czechs and Slovaks have taken to the streets of Prague to re-enact a mass demonstration 20 years… 17/11/2009 - Tags: Czech Republic, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin celebrates the Fall of the WallBerlin is recovering from yesterday’s jubilant celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the infamous… 10/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Doubts over Sarkozy’s Berlin Wall memoriesFrance’s media-loving President Sarkozy has become embroiled in a web of intrigue over his part in the fall of… 10/11/2009 - Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin wasn’t the only party venue… fall of the Berlin Wall. … replica of the Berlin wall. … Luckily, the Berlin Wall has very … 10/11/2009 - Tags: Ceremony, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
World leaders reflect on fall of the Berlin WallThe Brandenburg Gate, once the fault line between East and West, and now the symbol of German reunification, was the… 10/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Ceremony, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Germany reflects after Wall anniversary celebrationsBy all accounts it was a huge success – the eyes of the world were on Germany as it held one of its biggest ever… 10/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Ceremony, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Germany remembers the fall of the Berlin WallGermany has marked the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall with mass celebrations. Thousands turned… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
World powers hail fall of Berlin WallThe world leaders were late in turning up for their speeches but their words to mark the celebrations were well worth… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Reunified Germany’s mixed economic pictureTwo decades after the Berlin Wall came down, the economic reunification of the two Germanys has been mixed. There… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Don’t look back in anger could be the watchword for Berlin’s DDR musuemIn recent years, the East or at least products from the former eastern half of the city, have become trendy once… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall
Photo journalist Stéphane Duroy remembers the Wall… fall of the Berlin Wall was, without … fall of the Berlin Wall.” … fall of the Berlin Wall.” … 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Mostovoy, USSR media chief Berlin 1989Euronews talks to pre-perestrika USSR media veteran Vyacheslav Mostovoy about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today he is… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
World leaders mark fall of Berlin WallMore than 30 past and present world leaders are in the German capital to mark 20 years since the collapse of the… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Ceremony, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Domino date to mark Berlin collapseWith thousands of people descending on Berlin for the commemorative events, a massive security operation is underway… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
An American in Berlin – Marc Fisher remembers the fall of the Wall… Fall of the Berlin Wall to a Germany … story of the Berlin Wall and the end of … 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Wolfgang Thierse, Vice-President of the German Bundestag, talks about the day the Wall came downMichael Reichmann – euronews: “The 9th of November is an important day for Germans and our country. On… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
“We knew that by opening the Hungarian-Austrian border, we would make the Berlin Wall absolutely useless but it collapsed earlier than we expected.”… when the Berlin Wall fell down that … fall of the Berlin Wall was the fall … brick from the Berlin Wall when it opened … 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
It is necessary to fight for democracy, in every age, because it is not done forever… fall of the Berlin Wall?” … fall of the Berlin Wall?” … 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Decorated dominoes symbolise fall of Berlin WallFew of the events organised for today’s celebrations have drawn as much attention and anticipation as the Berlin… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
World leaders in Berlin for fall of wall bashWorld leaders past and present are in Berlin to celebrate the “happiest day in recent German history,” as… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Anticipation grows ahead of Berlin Wall anniversaryAnticipation is growing in Berlin ahead of Monday’s 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. At least… 08/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin border guard recalls the Wall’s fallA former East German border guard has spoken about the night his checkpoint in Berlin was swarmed by people trying to… 08/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin gears up for fall of Wall anniversaryAlmost 1,000 domino blocks have been placed along the route of the former Berlin Wall ahead of the 20th anniversary of… 07/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Ceremony, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Germany remembers the Wind of Change… fall of the Berlin Wall. … down of the Berlin Wall is something … 07/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Music, Berlin Wall
“Small question, enormous consequences”… fall of the Berlin Wall. Somme recent … fall of the Berlin Wall. Even after 20 … “The Berlin wall has … 07/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
“We are now one generation after the fall of the Berlin Wall and perhaps we need one more to really build democracy as a culture”… Fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years … fall of the Berlin Wall. We were all … that when the Berlin Wall fell, I would … 07/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin gets ready to celebrate fall of the wallFinal preparations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall are being put in place in the German… 07/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin Wall: Train of Freedom, leaving East Germany… fall of the Berlin Wall the frontiers … know that the Berlin Wall’s days … More on the Berlin Wall: … 06/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
East Germany’s economic renaissance… fall of the Berlin wall. … More on the Berlin Wall: … 06/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Economy, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin Wall memories… fall of the Berlin Wall and in the … side of the Berlin Wall until it … More on the Berlin Wall: … 06/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Escapes over the Berlin Wall… A part of the Berlin wall can still be … to guard the Berlin Wall, but was … More on the Berlin Wall: … 06/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Joy and bitterness over fall of Berlin WallAt first there was joy and euphoria, but for some Germans reunification led to bitterness, not able to understand what… 06/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Building the Berlin WallOn Sunday August 13 1961, the inhabitants of Berlin woke up to find the city alive with construction… 06/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
U2 embarrassed by Berlin gig ‘wall’… fall of the Berlin Wall. But the rock … More on the Berlin Wall: … 06/11/2009 - Tags: Music, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Couple kept apart 50 years by Iron CurtainSeparated from his sweetheart for 50 years by the Iron Curtain – Fortunat Mackiewicz finally found his true… 05/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
The car that came from behind the Iron Curtain… fall of the Berlin Wall will lead to a … More on the Berlin Wall: … 05/11/2009 - Tags: Cars, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin – The Alexanderplatz protests… march on the Berlin Wall. … More on the Berlin Wall: … 04/11/2009 - Tags: Fall of the Berlin wall, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Merkel makes historic speech to US CongressAngela Merkel has become the first German leader to address a joint session of the US Congress. The… 03/11/2009 - Tags: USA, Angela Merkel, Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall… strasse. The Berlin Wall was open. … year after the Berlin Wall’s … More on the Berlin Wall: … 03/11/2009 - Tags: Fall of the Berlin wall, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Leipzig celebrates being the first brick to fallLeipzig, 20 years after the fall of the wall. The former East Germany’s second city was at the heart of the… 03/11/2009 - Tags: Fall of the Berlin wall, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Bush, Gorbachev and Kohl honoured in Berlin… fall of the Berlin Wall, have been … More on the Berlin Wall: … 31/10/2009 - Tags: Fall of the Berlin wall, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Berlin, GermanyThe former leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union and West Germany, at the time of the fall of the Berlin… 31/10/2009 - Tags: Fall of the Berlin wall, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
20 years since Honecker stepped down as GDR leaderTwenty years ago today, on October 18, 1989, East Germany’s long-serving leader Erich Honecker was forced to… 18/10/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Velvet generations … fall of the Berlin Wall and the Velvet … More on the Berlin Wall: … 24/10/2009 - Tags: History, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Hungary reflects on the fall of the Berlin Wall … fall of the Berlin Wall began almost … More on the Berlin Wall: … 15/10/2009 - Tags: Hungary, NATO, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Interview with Brent Scowcroft, National security advisor in the George H.W. Bush Administration… House when the Berlin Wall came down. At … fall of the Berlin Wall in foreign … War as the Berlin Wall was. It was a … 09/11/2009 - Tags: Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”… of the Berlin Wall and the … fall of the Berlin wall impact your … More on the Berlin Wall: … 05/11/2009 - Tags: Russia, History, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Interview with Walter Momper, former Mayor of West Berlin and Berlin… fall of the Berlin Wall? Let us … opening of the Berlin Wall and with it I … fall of the Berlin Wall would be the … 04/11/2009 - Tags: Germany, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader… 1989, when the Berlin wall came down? … fall of the Berlin wall – but we … More on the Berlin Wall: … 03/11/2009 - Tags: Poland, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Jacques Delors: Former European Commission President… watched as the Berlin Wall fell. A … fall of the Berlin Wall. As president … More on the Berlin Wall: … 30/10/2009 - Tags: EU Commission, European Union, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Neukölln puts accent on integration… fall of the Berlin Wall, more than 38 … More on the Berlin Wall: … 05/11/2009 - Tags: Unemployment, Immigrants, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Two sides of the wall… of the Berlin Wall, two … More on the Berlin Wall: … 24/10/2009 - Tags: Germany, Anniversary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
Leipzig-The birthplace of a peaceful revolution Leipzig, the city of Bach and Mendelssohn is also the place that spawned a revolution. On October the 9th 1989, 70,000… 23/09/2009 - Tags: Germany, History, Fall of the Berlin wall, Berlin Wall
Tiananmen Square and the Berlin Wall 20-years on … later the Berlin Wall fell. … More on the Berlin Wall: … 29/10/2009 - Tags: Germany, China, Berlin Wall
The East Side GalleryThe East Side Gallery in Berlin consists of a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall. It was originally painted back… 09/11/2009 - Tags: Art, Berlin Wall
Real life in spotlight at documentary festivalDOK Leipzig – Germany’s largest and one of the biggest international documentary festivals – is set… 23/10/2009 - Tags: Festival, Documentary, Berlin Wall, 1989-2009
