A peaceful revolution, the fall of the Berlin Wall, reunification: Deutsche Welle's special traces Germany's ongoing path to unity.
German reunification, 20 years underway, has consumed billions of taxpayers' euros in the more affluent western half of the country. So will billions more be needed to keep the new states afloat 20 years from now?
Along with many other prejudices, eastern Germany has had to contend with a reputation for neo-Nazism. It's not entirely unjustified, but right-wing extremism in the East has roots in economic hardship.
For over 40 years the small town of Bonn was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. After reunification the government moved back to Berlin, but Bonn didn't sink into provincial obscurity. Quite the contrary.
The Greek tourism sector has a lot of potential - can it help the country out of the crisis?
...German rapper Sido seems to be on the right side of the law, DSDS star Sebastian Wurth is back with a new single, we say Happy Birthday to Cassandra Steen and we've also got new tracks from Eisbrecher and Soffy O!
One year ago in Cairo hundreds of thousands came out to the streets and eventually forced Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak from office. On this anniversary, the military has partially lifted the state of emergency.
Spanish police have arrested four suspected Serbian criminals, including a man convicted of helping to assassinate Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003. Fugitive Vladimir Milisavljevic was sentenced to 35 years in 2007.
The ousted leader of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, has called for fresh elections and said he would organize street protests. He also criticized the US for recognizing the new government.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's last hope to get an exemption from a contempt of court case has been dashed as the apex court dismisses his appeal on Friday. What consequence could it have on the Pakistani politics?
