At an event marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, the city's mayor, Kai Wegner, said November 9 remains a fateful day for Germany, both in a positive and negative ...

200 events in seven key locations celebrate this milestone in European history. BERLIN -- Although the Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago, suddenly it was standing again -- on the cellphone of ...

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stop East Germans fleeing to the West. It began as a barbed wire and cinderblock wall and was then fortified as a heavily guarded 160-km (100-mile) white concrete ...

BERLIN - Mark König went home late at night on the 9th of November, or more likely it was already the 10th. He was penniless, having spent every last Deutsche Mark he had on the party of all parties.

This year’s Berlin Art Week takes place in the midst of an important anniversary: 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. So it is not surprising that many of the exhibitions and events kicking ...

The U.S. Embassy in Berlin was unveiling a statue of Ronald Reagan Friday on a site overlooking the location of the former president's iconic speech imploring the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin ...

The Berlin Wall fell 31 years ago, on November 9, 1989. It was a moment that shocked the world and marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War — culminating in the toppling of the East German ...

MOSCOW — When the Berlin Wall fell, the Soviet Union stepped back, letting East Germany’s communist government collapse and then quickly accepting German unification. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

A red booth at Potsdamer Platz highlights Berlin's transformation since 1989. The landmark square was once a waste land, but is now one of Berlin's most contemporary and liveliest areas. The red ...

Ceremonies and celebrations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall are taking place in that city today, the 20th anniversary of the day the wall was breached. World leaders joined German Chancellor ...