Archivi giornalieri: agosto 20, 2009

Hungary celebrates Berlin Wall anniversary

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Hungary celebrates Berlin Wall anniversary

Hungary is marking 20 years of the Pan-European Picnic, an event which helped bring the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Laszlo Solyom, the country’s president, and Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, helped celebrate the dismantling of the Iron Curtain and communist rule.

Al Jazeera’s Richard Martin reports.


Foreign diplomats ‘neutral’ on Afghan vote

Foreign diplomats ‘neutral’ on Afghan vote

Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from the city of Mazar-e-Sharif on how residents there will decide their vote, and how foreign representatives are trying to stay neutral.


Belarus’ secret theatre

Belarus’ secret theatre

Belarus is often called Europe’s last dictatorship, and the opposition regularly complains of ill treatment by the government.

But now one group is using theatre to criticise the country’s authorities.

Liz Dunningham went to watch their secret performance.