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Putin's Stasi ID card found in Dresden archive
A Stasi ID card belonging to Russian president Vladimir Putin has been coincidentally found in a Dresden archive, German media reported Tuesday.
Lenin's head to be 'resurrected' in Berlin
Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Reagan to Gorbachev: 'Tear down this wall'!
On June 12th 1987 US President Ronald Reagan gave a historic speech at the Berlin Wall in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate, urging Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall!”
Party leader demands Lenin's head
Gregor Gysi, the leader of the federal socialist Left party, has demanded that the 3.5-tonne head of Lenin be dug out of its wooded resting place for an exhibition on Berlin's memorial landmarks.
Romanian PM: Secret police in German press
The Romanian prime minister has claimed that secret police from his country have infiltrated the German press in a bid to sabotage his rule.
Soviet soldier in famous Reichstag photo dies
One of three Red Army soldiers in a famed 1945 photograph that depicts the Soviet flag being lifted over Berlin's <i>Reichstag</i> has died at age 93, Russian officials said on Wednesday.