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Collapse of Communism Started in Poland
The shadows from a group of tourists are cast onto an original section of the Berlin Wall in Bernauer Strasse, central Berlin, on Nov.
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EP President to Bulgarian People: Communism Destroyed Your Historical Heritage
President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek greeted the Bulgarian people 20 years after the collapse of Communism.
Friendliest European City: Gdansk, Poland
Gdansk, Poland, is one of three cities that are known as the Tri Cities. Sopot and Gydnia are the other two cities.
Celebrate fall of Wall, freedom every day
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, the most dramatic symbol of the most grotesque human tyranny ever to plague the globe, was opened.
How spiritual renewal helped bring down the Berlin Wall. by Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich, and Vince Haley 11/09/2009 12:00:00 AM Twenty years ago, on November 9, 1989, the most visible symbol of totalitarian evil, the Berlin Wall, tumbled down.
Polish leader invited into German Parliament to give Berlin Wall speech
The German parliament has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Polish Jewish cemetery defaced with anti-Semitic...
Unknown vandals defaced tombstones and spray-painted anti-Semitic and anti-Israel graffiti at the Jewish cemetery in the Polish seaside resort city of Sopot, near Gdansk.
The Berlin Wall Was Not the First to Fall
Addressing the first freely elected Polish Parliament in November 1991, former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa recalled his dissident origins.
Poland's Solidarity Falls Victim to Own Success
The collapse of the Berlin Wall ended decades of anti-communist protests by people living in Eastern and Central Europe.
US forest products maker to build plant in Gdansk
Weyerhaeuser, a US manufacturer of forest products, will build a cellulose processing plant in Gdansk, the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency announced.
Weyerhauser returns to offensive as results lift
Weyerhaeuser revealed that it was returning to the offensive, opening its first factory in Europe, after a year marred by mill closures as the timber giant revealed it had escaped a fourth successive quarterly loss.
Walesa: America must show political leadership
The Polish labor leader who came to symbolize the triumph of democracy over Communism 20 years ago said today that President Obama must define American leadership in a rapidly changing world.
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Maersk Extends Asia-Europe Loop to Poland
Maersk Line will extend its Asia - Europe AE10 service into the port of Gdansk, Poland, which it said creates the first direct connection between China, Southeast Asia and Poland.
THIS horrific picture shows dead cow, killed by a short-sighted hunter Andrzej Gowalski.
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Fall of the Berlin Wall: Timeline
1961
Aug. 13 The border between East and West Berlin is closed and barbed wire and fencing is erected; concrete appears two days later. The wall would eventually grow to be a 96-mile barrier encircling West Berlin.
Aug. 15 Conrad Schumann, a 19-year-old East German border guard, was the first person photographed escaping to West Germany. About 10,000 people attempted escapes, and 5,000 succeeded.
Aug. 24 Gunter Litfin, a 24-year-old tailor's apprentice, was the first person shot dead trying to escape.
Italy PM Berlusconi Arrives on Official Visit to Bulgaria
Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi is the first foreign leader to visit PM Borisov in Sofia.
Southport MovieMakers get international recognition for latest film
A FILM made in Southport has won plaudits at two major international film festivals.
Evil rapist pair condemned for bringing shame to Poland after...
Evil Polish cousins who subjected a woman to a horrific eight-hour rape in Scotland have provoked outrage in their homeland.
Hydrobudowa Gdansk: shareholdersa meeting to decide on strategy for funding growth
For a broad overview of the market in Poland, Polish market Online is the news service of choice.
The Tin Drum summarised the 20th century in three words | Darragh McManus
Fifty years on, GA1 4nter Grass's seminal work remains the defining novel of the 20th century, wrenching art and hope from ugliness and horror 'Dazed, eerie strangeness' a GA1 4nter Grass with actor David Bennent , who played Oskar Matzerath in the film adaptation by director Volker SchlA ndorff of Grass's novel The Tin Drum.
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