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

In the 1980s, Polish intellectuals were the first to see Germany's reunification as the key to events triggering their country's liberation from the Soviet bloc. The episode is recounted by US journalist Elizabeth Pond, who recently sought the recollections of Lech Wałęsa and Janusz Reiter of Poland's Solidarność for EurActiv Germany.

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

World leaders past and present will join German crowds today (9 November) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – a stark symbol of the Cold War that divided a city and a continent.

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

Croatia hopes to join EU 'in 2012' [FR]

Slovak parliament approves protectionist law

MEPs blast Croatia Catholic church meddling

Slovenia, Croatia PMs sign border arbitration deal

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Enlargement and the euro [FR] [DE]

In accordance with the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty, all new members of the European Union are eligible and compelled to join the bloc's single currency, the euro. (read more)

Free movement of labour in the EU-27 [FR] [DE]

Few of the EU's 'older' and wealthier member states continue to restrict access to their labour markets to workers from Eastern Europe, with Germany and Austria the only countries choosing to maintain compulsory work permits until 2011. (read more)

Pipeline politics? Russia and the EU's battle for energy [FR] [DE]

While Russian gas giant Gazprom is drawing up long-term plans to strengthen its grip on Europe with pipeline projects backed by the Kremlin, the EU's response strategies are only in the early stages of development. (read more)

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