Organisation: GDR

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

business

Fall of Berlin Wall: Discontent is evident once again, 30 years on

The people’s revolutions of 1989 were not the unalloyed success for the cause of freedom and democracy that was claimed for them at the time, writes Geoffrey Roberts

comment-analysis

Remembering the Miracle of 1989: Hands of friendship, not hate

16th IAAF World Athletics Championships London 2017 - Day Two

sport

Jack Anderson: Legal approach to doping blurs the moral code

general

Book review: If This Is a Woman - Inside Ravensbrück: Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women

Ukraine crisis - Important lessons we might learn

business

Ikea 'was aware of possibility that suppliers were using forced labour'

Date set for German presidential vote

A special assembly of the German parliament will vote on March 18 for a successor to former president Christian Wulff, who resigned abruptly on Friday over growing allegations that he had received favours from friends.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2012

Merkel backs new president

German Chancellor Angela Merkel bowed to pressure yesterday and agreed to back popular opposition candidate Joachim Gauck to become president, averting a political fight that might have distracted her government from solving the eurozone crisis.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2012

Iron Curtain leaves a green mark

Richard Collins on how a Cold War crisis produced a wildlife miracle.

Mon, 17 Nov, 2008

Wolf, the systematic spymaster who never came in from the cold

THE timing was ironic on many fronts. He died in his sleep, 17 years to the day after the Berlin Wall came down.

Mon, 13 Nov, 2006