Berlin marks 20 years since the fall of the iron curtain on Monday and the beginning of the end of communism but large crowds took to the streets in Berlin on Saturday to protest against the freedom that was won back in 1989.
Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell, a painful symbol of division and clashes between East and West Europe. Today, Germany is a united and confident country. FRANCE 24 has a special report a week before the anniversary.
Its fall ushered in a “wind of change”, boosted Prince’s sex drive and inspired David Hasselhoff’s greatest feat. From Bowie to Rostropovich, we look at some of the musicians who found inspiration in the Berlin Wall.
Security is tight in the Chinese capital of Beijing Thursday as China celebrates 60 years of Communist rule with a massive military parade and an elaborate fireworks display.
French screen goddess and 1960s sex symbol Brigitte Bardot turns 75 on Monday, to be marked by a French exhibition dedicated to her life. Entitled "Brigitte Bardot: Les Annees Insouciance", it runs until January 31 at the Espace Landowski in Paris.
One of the world's top business school just celebrated its 50th anniversary, in Fontainebleau (France) and Singapore. R. Kahane talked to Frank Brown, Dean of INSEAD, to determine how the recession is affecting the "business" of business schools.
On Tuesday, ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War in Poland were marred by spats between Russia and Eastern European states over their respective roles in the conflict. Is history being rewritten?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called World War II the "most tragic" era in European history as the continent marked 70 years since the war began on September 1, 1939. Merkel earlier said that Germany bore responsibility for the conflict.
