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Time for Germany to re-enagage with Europe

Ms Merkel’s political patron, Mr Kohl, argued that German unity and European integration were two sides of the same coin

Vatican opens its doors to married Anglican clergy

Document which opens door for hundreds of thousands of disaffected Anglicans to become Roman Catholics published

Miliband's last-minute trip fuels EU talk

Foreign Minister took flight to join leaders in Germany, increasing talk of an interest in High Representative role

How Russians took on their government

Former Federal Security Service agents and inspectors who criticised their leaders have been sent to jail or killed

Welsh couple and IT workers share £91m jackpot

In winning over £45 million the couple from Newport have become the biggest ever lottery winners in Britain

How Berlin's night of partying unfolded

Coverage of the parties, speeches, fireworks and concerts marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Crowds gather to remember fall of Berlin Wall

Tens of thousands of people have gathered along route of former barrier that divided Western Europe from communist east

Shadow of Kristallnacht over Berlin party

The world is in Berlin to party but there will be no triumphalism for Germans on a day of contrition over the 1938 Nazi pogrom

George Bush Sr failed to see tide of history

The fall of the Berlin Wall was the moment the West won the Cold War but the first President Bush was too timid to exploit it

Blair makes final throw of dice for presidency

The former prime minister has made a flurry of calls to continental leaders to revive his attempt to be president of Europe

ANALYSIS: everyone for himself in the city of unity

After the finale of the Berlin Wall celebrations, EU leaders will fight over the top jobs made possible by the events of 1989

Britain’s EuroMillions lottery winners step forward

If the ticketholders are individuals and not syndicates their £45.5m share could buy Portsmouth FC or an entire island

Tory minders gag right-wing allies

Spin doctors are involved in a damage limitation operation over Polish MEP Michal Kaminski's views on the Holocaust

'Lost' cargo ship Arctic Sea gives up its secrets

The Russian crew at the centre of the hijacked Arctic Sea cargo vessel tell of their 24-day ordeal for the first time

Fiat heir and mother wrestle over billions

The mother of the car giant’s youthful boss claims Gianni Agnelli's will cheated her out of a fortune hidden overseas

The battle to nail an MEP fraudster

Four years after Daniel Foggo first exposed UKIP’s Tom Wise as an embezzler, justice has finally caught up with him

Berlin all fired up for wall-to-wall partying

Germany is to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with Europe’s biggest ever street party

‘Honey child’ Chirac tells of secret US love

The former French president has broken a long silence about his private life, describing a fling with a "southern belle"