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Inside Europe: Inside Europe: the Inside Take on European Affairs 7. 11. 2009
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Are Europeans out of touch with the US?
The new look European Union will need to act fast if it wants to be an effective partner on the world stage and remain a valued partner of the United States. That's the message of a new report by the European Council on Foreign Relations. The report warns that European governments are out of touch with today's world and that Europe risks being marginalized – particularly when it comes to its relationship with Washington. Nick Witney co-authored the report and told Helen Seeney more. A Funeral for Venice
The city of Venice is set for a funeral for ... Venice itself. It's being organized by a group of locals who are concerned about the increasing number of residents who are leaving. Venice’s permanent population has just dipped below the figure of 60,000 – a decline that is draining the city of normal life.
Report: Sabina Castelfranco A Halloween wedding in Transylvania
Last Saturday, millions of people around the world celebrated Halloween. For most, it's a chance to get dressed up and have a bit of fun. But what about getting married on Halloween? Would anyone want to tie the knot on a day associated with witches, ghouls - and Dracula? Well, an English couple did – and that too in Transylvania: the home of Dracula. The character Dracula is based on one of Romania’s most famous leaders, Vlad the Impaler. Inside Europe visited Transylvania to attend a Halloween wedding.
Report: Catherine Graue Remembering the night the Berlin Wall came down
The Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 was one of the monumental events of the twentieth century. It was such an historic occasion that many of us still remember where we were that night. Here are some recollections from the streets of Berlin The end of East Germany
The Berlin Wall was THE image of the Cold War. For over 28 years, this concrete divide, snaking through the city of Berlin, symbolized the division between East and West. Over a hundred people died attempting to cross it. But a chain of events triggered by reform in the Soviet Union led to the breaching of the Wall.
Report: Sabina Casagrande The Stasi - the East German secret police
East Germans were well acquainted with the letters MFS. They stood for the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit or the Ministry for State Security. More commonly known as the Stasi, this was East Germany’s secret police force and one of the most effective and oppressive in the world. At its peak, the Stasi employed around 274,000 people with an estimated half a million working as unpaid informers. It was one of the most reviled and unsavoury aspects of life in the GDR.
Report: Mark Maddox Young eastern Germans know next to nothing about the past
But a highly publicized study shows that teenagers born there after the Fall of the Wall know next to nothing about the country where their parents and teachers grew up. The older generation in the East may still be coming to grips with the unsavoury side of life in the GDR. But a highly publicized study shows that teenagers born there after the Fall of the Wall know next to nothing about the country where their parents and teachers grew up.
Report: Alexa Dvorson Postcard from Europe - how is life in West Germany as an Ossie?
It's estimated that since the Fall of the Wall, around 1.7 million people have left former East Germany – around 12 percent of the population. One of those who decided to head to the West is Franziska Wahl. And she has this postcard on how she found life in West Germany as an "Ossie".
Report: Franziska Wahl A Trabi tour through eastern Berlin
Since German unification, many in the former East have started to miss certain aspects of life in the former GDR. Things that vanished overnight - like groceries, TV programmes and social organisations. This feeling is known as "Ostalgie": a combination of the German words "Ost" meaning East and "nostalgie" for nostalgia. But twenty years on, remnants of the East can still be found around Berlin. So Neale Lytollis decided to investigate, and set off in the GDR's most famous car, the Trabant.
Report: Neale Lytollis
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