Read more Eastern Europe stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1035/eastern-europe.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:08:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73634/post-1989-germany-an-unexpected-success.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs “the exhaustive and perfectly blameless celebrations” of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall unfold, Anne Applebaum has a bone to pick. The festivities are “focusing on what didn’t happen rather than what did,” she writes, treating “the past two decades as a foregone conclusion.” But...http://www.newser.com/story/73634/post-1989-germany-an-unexpected-success.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73585/germany-hails-anniversary-of-berlin-walls-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of foam dominoes will fall today in Berlin, symbolizing the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has called Nov. 9, 1989, "the happiest day in recent German history," will lead the festivities. The guest...http://www.newser.com/story/73585/germany-hails-anniversary-of-berlin-walls-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 8:54:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69753/putin-praises-us-for-ditching-missile-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a development sure to further tick off President Obama's critics on the right, Vladimir Putin says he's quite pleased with the decision to scrap an American missile-defense system in Eastern Europe, the New York Times reports. “I very much hope that this correct and brave decision will be followed...http://www.newser.com/story/69753/putin-praises-us-for-ditching-missile-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 11:08:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69647/obamas-missile-move-leaves-allies-in-the-lurch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s decision to scrap plans for a missile defense shield is a political bombshell, writes Robin Oakley for CNN. America’s allies in Poland and the Czech Republic are left holding the bag after expending significant political capital on the unpopular system. Abandoning it might make their lives easier, but...http://www.newser.com/story/69647/obamas-missile-move-leaves-allies-in-the-lurch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 11:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67290/hungary-fetes-1989-picnic-that-led-to-fall-of-berlin-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHungary is celebrating the 20th anniversary today of its “Pan-European Picnic”: the day it opened its border with Austria, providing a pathway for hundreds of East Germans to exit Europe’s communist east. “The Soviet bloc was like an air balloon with over-pressure so it needed only a prick of the...http://www.newser.com/story/67290/hungary-fetes-1989-picnic-that-led-to-fall-of-berlin-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 13:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66810/how-the-cia-built-its-secret-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen CIA officials decided to build a series of secret prisons, they immediately contacted the chief of the agency's European supply base, a Frankfurt-based logistical whiz. “It was too sensitive to be handled by headquarters,” Kyle “Dusty” Foggo tells the New York Times . He called a contractor buddy, and with...http://www.newser.com/story/66810/how-the-cia-built-its-secret-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 9:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61088/ftc-shuts-down-isp-linked-to-child-porn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FTC has taken the rare step of shutting down an Internet Service Provider that it says was a haven for child pornography and malware run by Eastern European criminals, MSNBC reports. The case gives "a rare glimpse into the seediest parts of the web," writes Bob Sullivan. Authorities found...http://www.newser.com/story/61088/ftc-shuts-down-isp-linked-to-child-porn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 12:46:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58882/west-wasted-20-years-after-berlin-wall-fell-gorbachev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEurope has squandered two decades of potential cooperation since the Berlin Wall fell, Mikhail Gorbachev says. At a Moscow event sponsored by his foundation, the former Soviet leader criticized Western leaders who viewed the 1989 event as their victory over Eastern Europe, rather than an opportunity for common good, Reuters...http://www.newser.com/story/58882/west-wasted-20-years-after-berlin-wall-fell-gorbachev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 15:24:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55588/twitter-fuels-moldovan-anti-communist-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of young Moldovans have been using Twitter and other social networking sites to mobilize against the Communist Party's election victory, the New York Times reports. A crowd of some10,000 young activists, accusing the government of vote-rigging in Sunday's race, clashed with riot police outside the country's parliament yesterday,...http://www.newser.com/story/55588/twitter-fuels-moldovan-anti-communist-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 2:55:52 CDT