Nicolas Sarkozy, Dmitry Medvedev, Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel are among international notables also taking part in 20th anniversary celebrations Gordon Brown will today join other world leaders in Germany for the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, and the US secretary of state,...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has shared his memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall telling his Facebook fans he chipped away at the concrete slabs with a pickaxe on November 9 1989.
Here is your annual bit of foreign news from the foreign country of France! France’s “President”—think: the equivalent of America’s “minority whip”—Nicolas Sarkozy posted a Facebook photo on his French Facebook in which he is shown personally destroying the Berlin Wall with a Nicolas Sarkozy-sized ax. Except according to historical evidence dating back...
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more images more images Sarkozy Berlin Wall claims raise questions PARIS — Where was Nicolas Sarkozy when the Berlin Wall fell? The French president suggests — in a casual post on his Facebook page — that he was at Checkpoint Charlie, chipping away at the Cold War with a pickax alonside throngs of Berliners on Nov. 9, 1989. French journalists [...]
World leaders are gathering in Berlin today, two decades after the fall of the wall, to celebrate and reflect on the event. Find out about some of the key events here Today's events to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall will range from solemn reflection to high kitsch celebration. Memorials are planned for the 136 people who died when they tried to cross the border while –...
Gord is over in Berlin to pay tribute to "the unbreakable spirit of men and women who dared to dream" at an event marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell. The prime minister will take part in commemorations in Germany hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Also present will be French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton....
World leaders, both past and present, are gathering in Germany Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French and Russian presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev and representatives from across the European Union as well as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Brandenburg Gate, the...
French president's special envoy to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, the official news agency KCNA said. Jack Lang, appointed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Oct. 1, will study such issues as the relations between France and the Korean Peninsula and the nuclear issue. He was also expected to write a report based on his findings on the peninsular...
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