Mauerfall: 35 years of freedom and transforma...

Parliament, politics, the public service: that's the picture many people have of Canberra. But the capital has more to offer. Today, Canberra German Week kicks off for the third time. Treasurer and event coordinator Etienne Richert gives us a preview of the program: among other t ...  Show more

Bei einem Drohnenangriff vor der rumänischen Schwarzmeer-Küste sind zwei Chemikalientanker in Brand geraten/ Israel will die Tonaufzeichnung des Drohnenangriffs, bei dem die Australierin Zomi Frankcom ums Leben kam, nicht öffentlich machen/ die proiranische Huthi-Miliz im Jemen h ...  Show more

1989 was a seismic year in world history and ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the clearest symbol of the Cold War. But it was a series of events across Europe that added to the momentum. We journey back through Poland, Hungary and East Germany ahead of that historic m ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most historic moments of the 1990s. On October 3, 1990, East and West Germany were reunited after 45 years of cold war separation. The reunification process was set in motion a year earlier when border crossings along the Berlin ...  Show more

It had been one of the enduring icons of the Cold War. It had divided East Berlin from West Berlin; and socialism from capitalism. But on 9 November, 1989, after weeks of anti-Communist protests across East Germany, that all changed. Hear from two East Germans - Aram Radomski and ...  Show more

On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall falls.