Giant puzzle reveals Germany's communist secrets
It is painstaking work, almost a labour of love, but help is close for the nine people who have spent years sticking together millions of pieces of paper to decipher the workings of East Germany's once-feared Stasi secret police.
Stasi informant loses court privacy battle
An informer for the Stasi, East Germany's once dreaded secret police, lost a legal bid on Tuesday to keep his identity from being made public.
Gadget to bring back Berlin Wall for tourists
Tourists in the German capital disappointed to find little of the Berlin Wall left will from next month be able to have it reappear before their eyes with a gadget unveiled on Monday.
Stasi love drama causes stir for ARD
A television film about a political prisoner falling for a Stasi officer drew angry protests ahead of its screening on Wednesday night for supposedly being sympathetic to the hated East German secret police.
Köhler urges west to recognize East German achievements
German President Berlin Horst Köhler has called on western Germans to take more interest in the former East German states.
Berlin paper struggles after Stasi staff outed
Berlin's left-wing daily newspaper the <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> has been rocked by revelations top members of its editorial staff worked for East German secret police the Stasi, writes AFP's Brett Neely.
Dessau's gigantic burial pyramid
<b>Whimsical plans to make depressed eastern Germany economically viable abound, writes AFP's Emsie Ferreira. A fake tropical paradise has already gone up near Berlin and a gigantic pyramid could be next.</b>
Bulgaria confirms Cold War border shootings of Germans
Bulgaria confirmed for the first time on Friday that East Germans and others trying to flee the Soviet bloc for the West were killed on its soil during the Cold War.
Berlin squabbles over East German POW compensation
The German government has yet to determine their spending for the compensation of former East German war prisoners.