Leipzig (Germany) (AFP) – European leaders and former dissidents Thursday celebrated 25 years since a landmark protest in the run-up to the Berlin Wall’s fall, amid fears over fresh Cold War-style tensions with Russia.The ceremony in the eastern German city of Leipzig comes one month to the day before the reunified capital marks a quarter century since the communist authorities threw open the despised barrier.In that momentous autumn of 1989, successive Mondays saw mounting demonstrations against the Stalinist state.The peaceful protest in Leipzig of 70,000 people on October 9, the largest turnout to date, met with stunned disbelief from the …read more
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