German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the United States to be a "mutually respectful partner" and reject
nationalism, in a clear salvo aimed at US leader Donald Trump.
A replica of the Berlin Wall separated the teams before Hertha Berlin's home Bundesliga tie against RB Leipzig at the
city's Olympic Stadium, part of Saturday's celebrations making the 30th anniversary of the fall of the original wall.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged Europe to defend democracy and freedom as Germany marked 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, warning that such gains must not be taken for granted.
This November marks three decades since the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. From art installations to dance parties, this is what's planned.
A massive film-art project in the German capital is set to rebuild part of the Berlin Wall to create a closed-off
mini-state, complete with visa checks, organisers said Tuesday.
The Mexico border wall was one of the most controversial elements of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but that hasn't stopped two German companies from registering an interest in building it.
The mayor of Germany's long-divided capital Berlin, Michael Mueller, on Friday offered some advice to US President Donald Trump: "Don't build this wall!"
Unknown perpetrators bricked up the door of a Hamburg S-Bahn train on Tuesday afternoon. Deutsche Bahn (DB) estimate the damages will come to €10,000.
Germany’s 40-year division did not end cleanly for everyone with the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall or with reunification the next year. Many people still carry the pain of traumatic events while others lament the end of the Socialist state.
The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989, while largely a result of East Germans’ hunger for freedom, also relied on chance, bungling and the absence of orders that could have unleashed a cataclysm.
UPDATE: Germany on Sunday celebrated 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, a milestone in ending the Cold War, by throwing a huge open-air street party at the iconic Brandenburg Gate.
Hundreds of thousands of people descended on the German capital on Saturday for festivities to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, stirring emotions and bringing memories flooding back of its joyous toppling.
From Bowie to the Boss, Pink Floyd to Knight Rider, the divided city of Berlin had a powerful attraction for global celebrities - and some just can’t stay away.
They swam, crawled through sewers, flew in balloons, dug tunnels and rammed through the Berlin Wall. The courage and ingenuity of the 5,000 East German escapees later inspired novels, movies and one of the world’s longest tunnels.
On Sunday November 9th 2014, Europe will celebrate 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. You can read everything from The Local's special series about the date which changed history here.
More than 150 kilometres of concrete, wire and guard towers ringed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. But it’s not easy to carve up a city - and construction of the Wall threw up many freak instances.
From spoof Communist comedy acts to Stasi bars, the GDR has generated a huge commercial culture since fall of the Berlin Wall. But is it disrespecting the East German regime's victims?
Germany's president sparked a heated debate on Monday after questioning whether the country's far-left party, Die Linke, is fit to lead its first state government since the Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago.
UPDATE: Memorial crosses in Berlin which honour those who died while trying to cross the Wall have been removed by a refugee rights group - and erected in Africa. Police are now involved.
A daring escape across the Berlin Wall, then audacious dashes back to the East to spirit another 30 people to freedom - Hartmut Richter's story is the stuff of a Cold War thriller.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday praised the "courage" of those who first opposed the former East Germany, emphasizing their role in the fall of the Berlin Wall, ahead of 25th anniversary celebrations on November 9th.
