For most of her 16 years as German chancellor, Angela Merkel said little about her East German past. After the surprise of her meteoric political career in the newly reunited country — a woman, an ...

The front page of the online edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on October 3, the 35th anniversary of German unification, carried a frontal attack on Lenin. Under the headline “One must ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Official celebrations to mark German Unity Day kicked off on Thursday with an ecumenical service in the northern city of Schwerin ...

Thursday is German Unity Day, commemorating the reunification of West and East Germany 34 years ago. Because it is a German federal holiday, stores, schools and offices will be closed for the ...

Friday is German Unity Day, commemorating the reunification of West and East Germany 35 years ago. Because it is a German federal holiday, stores, schools and offices will be closed for the observance ...

German Ambassador Thomas Prinz hosted a celebration to mark the Day of German Unity and the 35th anniversary of the Kathmandu Branch Office of the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, at his ...