Man goes to jail after illegal street crossing

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:17:00 +0100

A man caught crossing the street on a red light in Finnentrop, North Rhine-Westphalia has ended up in jail after the police officer who stopped him found that a warrant was out for his arrest.

The beginning of the end of East Germany

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:40:00 +0200

Twenty years ago this week, East Germany’s communist regime celebrated its 40th anniversary in power while the East German people took to the streets with their fists in the air. Der Tagesspiegel’s Matthias Schlegel reports on the peaceful demonstrations that would help bring down the Berlin Wall.

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Man goes to jail after illegal street crossing

The beginning of the end of East Germany