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GDR memorabilia for sale in Berlin 09.11.2009, 15:02 6 comments

Nostalgia still there as Germany celebrates Berlin Wall’s fall

Germany is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. But many Germans say they have mixed feelings about it, and some remember the past with nostalgia.

28.06.2010, 17:16 3 comments

Moldovan leader refuses to annul Soviet Occupation Day

Moldova’s acting President and Parliament Speaker Mihai Ghimpu, known for his sweeping pro-Romanian rhetoric and policies, said he would not annul his decree declaring June 28 Soviet Occupation Day.

November 1989, Prague's Velvet Revolution 17.11.2009, 09:01 2 comments

Twenty years on: Czechs remember collapse of the Communist regime

20 years ago, hundreds of thousands of Czechs waved flags in Prague in a cry for independence. Today some question whether they really achieved that goal.

08.05.2009, 11:12 1 comment

Hope for unity on Victory Day

Despite forging a sense of unity, Victory Day alone is not enough to remedy the atmosphere in the post-Soviet era, said Andrey Baykov from the Moscow State University of International Relations.

Nikita Khrushchev (L) with Roswell Garst 28.08.2009, 13:04 1 comment

“…and then Khrushchev started to teach Roswell Garst how to plant corn”

Fifty years since Nikita Khrushchev's ‘corny’ visit to the state of Iowa Viktor Sukhodrev, personal interpreter to the Soviet leader, recalls this landmark trip both in terms of politics and agriculture.

A West Berliner prepares to hand over a FRG flag to East German Vopos through a portion of the fallen Berlin Wall near the Brandenbourg Gate early 11 November 1989 (AFP Photo) 31.10.2009, 19:56 1 comment

Gorbachev, Kohl and Bush Sr. gather to celebrate Berlin Wall collapse

Three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago reunited in Germany to mark the anniversary.

West Berlin side on April 29, 1984 (AFP Photo) 09.11.2009, 17:14

“Berlin Wall came down but Germany still split”

Although the Berlin wall fell 20 years ago, Germany still remains divided, journalist and historian Jurgen Elsaesser told RT.

06.11.2009, 20:18

Fall of Berlin Wall – “triumph of capitalism”

The collapse of the Berlin Wall did unite East and West Germany, but still hasn’t overcome all sorts of social divisions between two parts of the country, Adrian Pabst from Kent University told RT.

Germany, Berlin : The Brandenburg Gate is seen through a barbed wire fence, in June 1968. (AFP Photo) 10.11.2009, 03:30

Neither Reagan nor Gorbachev broke down the wall by themselves – journalist

Michael Moynihan, an editor at the US magazine Reason, dispells some notions about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Meanwhile, James Pinkerton from the New America Foundation reviews Obama’s involvement in the commemoration.

18.01.2010, 18:01

Turkmenistan to remove monument of cult leader

The president of Turkmenistan has ordered the dismantlement of a colossal monument in the capital Ashgabat dedicated to his predecessor, the country’s first president Saparmurat Niyazov, local media report.

“We begin bombing Russia in five minutes” – anniversary of Cold War era joke

Published: 11 August, 2009, 10:47


Ronald Reagan (photo by Alan Levenson)

During World War II there was a saying that “loose lips sink ships”. Twenty five years ago, the loose lips of an American President caused quite a stir in the Kremlin.

 
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