Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate looks back on the symbol of the Cold War and of a divided Europe.
FRANCE 24 continues its journey across Europe as it commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. After Vienna and Bratislava, a look at Poland and Hungary.
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Romania has joined Poland in embracing the new US missile defence system that replaces plans for a European missile shield. Slovakia, however, has ruled out taking part.
Germany's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by 89-year-old John Demjanjuk, accused of helping murder 27,900 Jews in a Nazi death camp, to have his scheduled Nov. 30 trial blocked.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (right) said on Wednesday during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden (left) that Poland would take part in a new US anti-missile system that replaces plans for a European missile shield opposed by Russia.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski (photo) has ratified the EU Lisbon Treaty, leaving the Czech Republic as the only country yet to sign. The Czech president has demanded changes to the text despite mounting pressure at home and abroad.
After a series of contradictory statements over Polish plans to sign the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, an aide to President Lech Kaczynski (photo) said the signing ceremony would take place on Saturday.
Confusion has reigned over Poland's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on EU reform after the Polish president's twin brother denied media reports that President Lech Kaczynski will sign the treaty on Sunday, saying "it is all media speculation."
Polish President Lech Kaczynski will sign the European Union's Lisbon Treaty into law on Sunday, according to a presidential aide, leaving the Czech Republic the only EU member country yet to ratify the treaty.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (photo) said the country’s justice and interior ministers had submitted their resignations Wednesday over a gambling bill corruption scandal dubbed “Blackjack-gate”.
