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We know what happened in the years following the momentous events of 9 November 1989: the  birth of a new Europe. But that week,  fear mingled with hope – and The Independent's correspondents and photographers were there to capture the moment. I

The Fall of the Wall: 20 Years On

We know what happened in the years following the momentous events of 9 November 1989: the birth of a new Europe. But that week, fear mingled with hope – and The Independent's correspondents and photographers were there to capture the moment. In a special report, we present the first draft of history

Inside Europe

PM's last-ditch appeal to Merkel for Blair EU presidency

Monday, 9 November 2009

Gordon Brown will make a last-ditch appeal today to Angela Merkel to rally behind Tony Blair as the first president of Europe.

Berlin Wall

A bridge opened – and then the Wall fell

Monday, 9 November 2009

1989: Europe's Revolution: On the 20th anniversary of Berlin's reunification, Tony Paterson remembers the place where the city's dividing lines began to dissolve

A demonstrator pounds away at the Berlin Wall as East German border guards look on at the Brandenburg Gate 11 November 1989

Two days that destroyed a wall – and a world order

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Twenty years ago, Berliners took a hammer to history. David Randall and Tony Paterson give an hour-by-hour report on the end of the Cold War.

The Benelux rat pack scrabbling for presidency

Sunday, 8 November 2009

As history is celebrated on the streets of Berlin today, behind the scenes, another, though more discreet, chapter in European history may also be penned in that same city.

East Germans gathered to swap news at the Brandenburg Gate in the days after the wall was breached

The fall of the wall: For some, there's little to celebrate

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Reunification has led to fewer jobs and fewer people in the east, and some are nostalgic for a more certain past

Spectators await the start of a U2 concert at the Brandenburg Gate last Thursday to mark the anniversary

The fall of the wall: Red dusk was a rare bright spot in 20th century

Sunday, 8 November 2009

The defeat of Nazi Germany was the Soviet Union's only service to humanity, writes Rupert Cornwell. Communism had to die, as it was alien to our nature.

IoS graphic: Fall of the wall

Sunday, 8 November 2009

The Berlin Wall: Where are they now?

Sunday, 8 November 2009

The Berlin Wall

John Reid: The enduring implications of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Sunday, 8 November 2009

The fall of the Berlin Wall, on November 9, 1989, was one of history’s truly epochal moments. During what became a revolutionary wave sweeping across the former Eastern Bloc countries, the announcement by the then-East German Government that its citizens could visit West Germany set in train a series of events that led, ultimately, to the demise of the Soviet Union itself.

Backlash at Cameron over Euro referendum

Friday, 6 November 2009

Conservative leader under fire from his party – and from UK's European allies

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