The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 20 Years On

November 1st, 2009 BERLIN - In March 2007 Deutsche Postbank AG acquired 600,000 shares of Hypoport AG. From the total purchase price, 6 Mio.

October 28th, 2009 DALLAS - Storyopolis art collection, formerly of LA, has moved to The 4th Wall Gallery in Uptown Dallas. Matthew and Kristine Abramowitz's new gallery is rocking the Texas landscape since its grand opening this past May 2009.

October 15th, 2009 BERLIN - - Asia-Pacific Weeks Close With the "InFashion" Fashion Performance The Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin 2009 are headed for a close. In the last 12 days, over 150 separate events were held on this year's focus themes - mobility and energy - under the heading "Asia-Pacific: Partner for a Common Future." The business and science program with the specialist conferences "Global Mobility" and "Energy for the Future," was attended by several experts, including Prof.

October 6th, 2009 BERLIN - The 7th Asia-Pacific Weeks will be held in Berlin October 7-18 under the heading "Asia-Pacific: Partner for a Common Future." This series of events, initiated by Berlin's governing mayor in 1997, transforms Berlin into the "gateway to Asia" in the fall every other year. With more than 150 business-, science-, and culture-related events, the German capital presents an estimated 250,000 visitors with a discussion forum unique throughout Europe.

September 21st, 2009 BRUSSELS and BERLIN - - Media Invitation BRUSSELS and BERLIN, September 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - EADV Congress to Present New Insights From Dermatology BRUSSELS and BERLIN, September 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - 10,000 Specialists Join for the Annual Meeting in Berlin About 10,000 dermatologists and scientists from all over the world will attend the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) in Berlin from 7-11 October, 2009. The 18th EADV Congress is dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the most recent developments in clinical and experimental dermatology and venereology.

September 14th, 2009 BERLIN - - In September, Europe's Biggest Convention, Entertainment and Hotel Complex Celebrates the 10th Birthday of its Convention Centre - Cross reference: Picture is distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: www.presseportal.de/pm/23285?keygroup=bild - Over 12,800 functions, more than 4.5 million guests and an unparalleled variety of events: the Estrel Convention Center is celebrating its 10th birthday this year! Even the opening of the Estrel Convention Center in September 1999 - having been under construction for only eleven months- was a sensation: with a live elephant, symbolic of the size of the new convention centre, in the middle of the 4,700 metre square convention hall. Just a day later, shortly before the official opening gala with a concert by Julio Iglesias, the first major event was held in the Convention Center, attended by 7,500 guests.

August 24th, 2009 NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands - - Global Campaign Wants to Attract Millions of People Millions, if not billions, of people throughout the world will hold still for one minute on Saturday November 28th, at exactly 15:00 hours GMT, for world peace. This is the goal of the Dutch organisation Minute-of-World- Peace, which launches a campaign in 133 countries today to ask for people's attention for world peace.

August 23rd, 2009 BERLIN - - Berlin Tourismus Marketing Takes Stock of a Successful World Athletics Championship The 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin came to a successful end yesterday. In the words of Burkhard Kieker, Director of Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH (BTM), "With an air of enthusiasm in the Olympic Stadium and a fantastic atmosphere throughout the city, Berlin has shown itself to be an outstanding host.

July 29th, 2009 BERLIN - - "European Property Award" for Best Real Estate Office and Best Real Estate Agent Website Goes to Berlin Capital Investments; - Sales-Service for International Real Estate Customers and "Serviced Living"-Concept Honoured; - Structure and Operation of Innovative Real Estate Agent Website for International Customers Convinced the Jury Berlin Capital Investments (www.berlin-capital.com). The international business division of Zabel Immobilien KG has been honoured with the European Property Award as being the Best Real Estate Office as well as having the Best Real Estate Agent Website.

May 19th, 2009 BERLIN - Germany's second largest airline is expanding its route network and will be flying from Israel to Berlin for the first time this summer. From 7th July 2009 onwards, Air Berlin passengers will have a choice of two non-stop flights a week from Tel Aviv to Berlin.

June 9th, 2009 Berlin Wall murals inspire fashion collectionBERLIN — Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall some of its enduring murals, like one depicting East Germany's Erich Honecker engaged in a fraternal kiss with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, are inspiring a different sort of art. Images from the East Side Gallery — a surviving stretch of the wall that artists decorated with colorful paintings after the 1989 opening of the border — are the inspiration for a fashion collection unveiled Tuesday called Mauerkleider, or "Wall Clothes." Daniel Rodan has reproduced some of the images from the East Side Gallery on leather clothes ranging from evening gowns and trench coats to T-shirts and jackets.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Britain and France feared the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 would return Nazi-era ambitions to Germany. East German border guards demolished a section of the wall on November 11, 1989 Secret British government documents to be published on Friday reveal the deep anxieties felt by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Frangois Mitterrand, following the fall of the wall.

September 10th, 2009 City of Berlin wins Spanish peace prizeMADRID — Berlin, reunited as one city after decades of division during the Cold War, won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias prize on Thursday for its contribution to promoting peace and harmony. Organizers said the German capital had earned the "concord" prize for improving world relations following the fall of the Berlin Wall some 20 years ago.

October 5th, 2009 German Chancellor Merkel to address CongressBERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will address the U.S. Congress in early November, ahead of ceremonies in Berlin marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

August 10th, 2009 Stasi prison memorial pleas for financial helpBERLIN —The memorial at the former prison run by Communist East Germany's Stasi secret police is deep in debt after being flooded with nonpaying visitors this year as Germany marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an official said Monday. Hubertus Knabe, director of the Hohenschoenhausen prison memorial, issued a plea for donations, saying this year was already €70,000 ($100,000) over budget.

November 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A series of French diplomatic files have revealed that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher considered the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 as part of a German threat to peace and stability led by then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. "France and Great Britain should pull together today in the face of the German threat," The Telegraph quoted Thatcher as having told to the French ambassador to London in March 1990.

August 12th, 2009 Satirical party campaigns to rebuild Berlin WallBERLIN — A satirical political party that calls for rebuilding the Berlin Wall has launched a campaign fronting a chancellor candidate chosen at a casting call to add pizzaz and humor to Germany's largely predictable parliamentary election. Called simply The Party, the group is so small — in 2004 they won only 0.4 percent of the vote — it has been barred from appearing on the Sept.

March 28th, 2009 BERLIN - The famous painting on the Berlin Wall, which depicted the kiss between East German leader Erich Honecker and his Soviet counterpart Leonid Brezhnev, has been erased as a part of a clean-up of the surviving sections of the wall. The Berlin authorities remain unconcerned on the issue as the artist of the masterpiece, Dmitri Vrubel has been told: "You can always paint a new one." Expressing anger at the authorities, Vrubel, a Moscow based artist said, "These barbarians! My painting has been destroyed." "I have no problem with restoration, but I cannot simply paint a new picture like making a sandwich!" said Vrubel.

February 10th, 2009 LONDON - Leonardo DiCaprio has won the International Green Award at the eighth annual Cinema For Peace Gala in Berlin. The eco-friendly actor was given the award Monday by former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who first met the star when he appeared in DiCaprio's environmental documentary 'The 11th Hour', reports contactmusic.com.

October 31st, 2009 more images more imagesStatesmen meet in Berlin for reunification eventBERLIN — Three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall that led to the collapse of communism in Europe gathered Saturday in Germany's capital to reflect on the changes they helped usher in 20 years ago. Former U.S. President George H.W.