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Europe’s leaders hail Wall fall, vow to tackle new challenges

World leaders gathered in Berlin on 9 November hailed the ordinary people who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and said the historic events of 20 years ago showed nations were capable of rising to new challenges, from terrorism to climate change.

The journalist question that fractured the Wall

Ewald Koenig, editor-in-chief of EurActiv Germany, attended the historic press conference in East Berlin, where East German official Guenter Schabowski triggered the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 with a blunder. This piece is one of Koenig’s series of 45 articles, covering his memories from communist times.

Jouyet: Berlin Wall collapse strained Franco-German relations

Wałęsa: Collapse of Berlin Wall 'saved' Solidarność [FR] [DE]

World leaders line up to mark end of Cold War [FR] [DE]

Hungarian historian: ‘Kohl's promise was not kept' [DE]

Slovak parliament approves protectionist law

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The EU elections in the Czech Republic

Amid gloomy EU surveys on voter turnout, recent opinion polls suggest that the Czech Republic could beat the odds with as many as 50% of registered voters planning to cast their ballot, or twice as much as during the last elections in 2004. (read more)

Slovakia: EU campaign influenced by local politics

The European elections in Slovakia are being overshadowed by much-discussed presidential elections, which are delaying the beginning of the EU elections campaign - EurActiv Slovakia reports. (read more)

Geopolitics of EU energy supply [FR] [DE]

As one of the world's largest importers of oil, gas and coal, the EU is a major player on the international energy market - However, it remains a dwarf on the political stage as member states keep the upper hand on foreign policy. (read more)

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