Smash Hit

Mandelson denies wanting top EU job

Business Secretary is forced to deny he canvassed for the role of EU foreign minister after last-minute visit to Berlin

Sarkozy accused of rewriting Berlin history

The French President has been embarrassed by claims on the website that he was present after the Berlin Wall came down

Monaco invites the rich to winter in Morocco

Resort operator Monte Carlo SBM is to manage a £120m hotel and private residential complex in Menara district of Marrakech

New limit to protect Berlusconi from charges

The measure to cut the statute of limitations to six years in Italy could offer the Prime Minister protection in two cases

Auction of Yves Saint Laurent belongings

Statues, luggage and furniture from the Normandy home of the late designer and his partner are to be sold at Christie’s

Germany stunned after national team 'keeper death

Robert Enke, the leading candidate to represent Germany in goal at next year's World Cup, died after being hit by a train

Father of Kalashnikov celebrates 90th birthday

The man whose name is the biggest brand in warfare is still at work most days of the week as chief designer at an arms factory

Life in divided Berlin was grim but fun

The encirclement of the Berlin Wall created a frenetic, hedonistic, hothouse atmosphere where life was lived at twice the pace

Merkel relives moment a nation found its courage

German Chancellor personalised the festivities, shifting the focus into a celebration of the East German people

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

Russian policeman’s corruption plea to Putin

The drugs trafficking investigator broke a code of silence with his allegations of police orders to jail innocent people

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

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