This Sunday, Germany celebrates 20 years of reunification. According to a survey published this week, 48% of Germans say the country feels unified. Seven years ago it was just 31%. But many young Germans who were born during this historical turning point still feel the divide. There is often talk of two different German identities.
Officials from North and South Korea have started a three-day meeting in a North Korean resort to discuss the plight of families separated by the peninsula's North-South divide, the first such meeting in two years.
A North Korean delegation in Seoul for the funeral of former leader Kim Dae-Jung has met with South Korea's unification minister, Hyun In-Taek (right), in the first bilateral meeting since 2008.
A North Korean delegation in Seoul for the funeral of a former president has asked for a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, Yonhap news agency said, quoting an unidentified government official.
A North Korean delegation visiting Seoul to mourn former president Kim Dae-jung will meet a government minister on Saturday, Seoul's Yonhap news agency has reported.
Is it possible that the victory of communist party leader Demetris Christofias in Cyprus's presidential elections at the weekend could pave the way for the reunification of the divided island?
Thirty-four years after the island's partition, Turkish Cypriot president Mehmet Ali Talat urged his newly elected Greek counterpart to hold fresh reunification talks. FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer reports from Nicosia, Cyprus.
Cypriots head to the polls Sunday in a tight presidential race. The current incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos opposes reunification talks while his opponents wish to restart negotiations. Jasper Mortimer reports.
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