The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War tension until it was torn down in November 1989. The speech President Kennedy gave in Berlin is often called the ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech.

After 75 years, the Berlin Film Festival retains its reputation and the vitality of its programming and operations.

From techno temples to hedonistic hideouts, anything-goes revelry has been core to Berlin's soul for the past century. But rising rents and rapid gentrification may kill the party.

Sections of the Berlin Wall still standing at Potsdamer Platz ... [Nick Hilden/Al Jazeera] At the time, Berlin sat at the crux of the Cold War. In the wake of World War II, the victorious powers ...

the Soviet authorities in East Germany sealed off East Berlin – their zone of occupation - by constructing a huge barbed wire barrier. This was soon replaced by a concrete wall, complete with ...

The Berlin Wall, erected in 1961, stood as a symbol of the Cold War until its fall in 1989, dividing East and West Berlin. The anniversary celebrations, which include exhibitions, concerts ...

Shortly after the Berlin Wall was torn down, prominent political leaders and commentators concluded that the U.S. military buildup under President Ronald Reagan had won the Cold War. "We were ...

East German citizens climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg Gate after ... celebrate the peaceful revolution that ended Europe's Cold War division on November 9, 1989. Merkel, 60, who grew ...

The East Side Gallery refers to the longest intact section of the Berlin Wall ... world's joyous and optimistic reactions to the end of the Cold War era. What exists today forms the world's ...