The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Colourful rightwing politician who toppled Helmut Schmidt Count Otto Lambsdorff, who has died aged 82, was one of the most colourful and influential politicians in Bonn before German unification. He brought down chancellor Helmut Schmidt's left-liberal coalition, thus enabling Helmut Kohl to take his place – and was then convicted of tax fraud in West Germany's biggest corruption scandal. Lambsdorff...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Otto Graf Lambsdorff, a key player in bringing Helmut Kohl to power and a strong advocate of free markets, has died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 82
Pete's 'Today In History' Quiz (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi who famously threw his shoes at George W Bush was on the receiving end of a similar protest at a press conference in Paris! Just goes to show that if you create a craze, beware - it may come back to haunt you!! Your Thursday questions are: - A chemical leak from a Union Carbide factory in which Indian city killed 3,800 people today in 1984? International cricketer...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
This year, the Bambi fawners gave awards to Kate Winslet, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Austrian actor Christoph Walz, German Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich's general manager Uli Hoeness and Ukraine’s Siamese twin boxing champions Vladimir and Vitali Klitchko – you need to see their pictures...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
The curtains have closed on the 61st edition of Germany’s international television and media awards, the Bambis, with awards going to Kate Winslet, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl and Austrian Christoph Walz.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
National Security Archive - Secret messages from senior Soviet officials to West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl after the fall of the Berlin Wall led directly to Kohl's famous "10 Points" speech on German unification, but the speech produced shock in both Moscow and Washington, according to documents from Soviet, German and American files posted today on the Web by the National Security Archive....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Monday's celebration in Berlin was a brilliant closure. The opening of a European foreign policy looks more shaky Well, they did it beautifully. Despite the rain, I found the official celebration of the fall of the wall in Berlin night a genuinely, even an unexpectedly moving affair. The organisers, presumably guided by Angela Merkel, got almost every accent right. Freedom, Europe and the wider world...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Angela Merkel becomes first German chancellor to attend Armistice commemorations in France, in sign of growing unity Angela Merkel today became the first German chancellor to attend Armistice commemorations in France, in a highly symbolic display of unity aimed at opening a new era of co-operation between the two countries. Arriving together at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Merkel and the French president,...
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Vino's Political Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
This article highlights that George Bush Snr and Helmut Kohl were actually very cautious before and after the Berlin Wall came down 1989. This pragmatism, caution and realism may well have helped the transition become as peaceful as it was. A more bellicose and triumphalist approach by the NATO powers in those early days may well have triggered coups by Stalinist hardliners.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Reporting for CBS Sunday Morning, correspondent Mark Phillips marked the 20th anniversary of the fall the Berlin Wall by noting the economic difficulty East Germany has faced in the aftermath: “It still isn’t easy for many. East German industry without government subsidy could not compete. The economy shrank by an estimated 50%.” Phillips mourned the loss of state-run industries...
American Power (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
From the Christian Science Monitor , " At Berlin Wall Fall Celebration, Old Allies Ask Where is Obama? ": The celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall started off well enough – former President George H.W. Bush, ex-Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, and former West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl gathered in front of nearly 2,000 dignitaries in Berlin...
Walk This World With Me (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Today marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It happened so suddenly that Helmut Kohl, the German Chancellor, was out of the country and even George Bush Snr. admits that nobody in the west had even an inkling of what was coming despite the refugee crisis that proceeded it's collapse. Whilst the fall of the wall does not mark "The End Of History" as proclaimed by Francis Fukuyama,...
Moonlight Investigation (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Today marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It happened so suddenly that Helmut Kohl, the German Chancellor, was out of the country and even George Bush Snr. admits that nobody in the west had even an inkling of what was coming despite the refugee crisis that proceeded it's collapse. Whilst the fall of the wall does not mark "The End Of History" as proclaimed by Francis Fukuyama,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Timothy Garton Ash covers a broad canvas of post-1989 issues ( Comment , 5 November), but the key failure was to leave Mikhail Gorbachev without economic support at the crucial moment. In 1989, unlike in 1945, the west lacked a George Marshall with a plan to pay for transition and stability in Europe. The Soviet Union imploded dramatically, rather than by stages, the Russian people found themselves...
BLANKNEY JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
On this day in in 1989, The Berlin Wall was breached after nearly three decades keeping East and West Berliners apart. At midnight East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. Ecstatic crowds immediately...
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