Read more Iron Curtain stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19196/iron-curtain.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:26:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73652/germany-celebrates-fall-of-the-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFireworks illuminated the rainy skies above Berlin as Germans and high-profile visitors came together today to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. President Obama unexpectedly joined the festivities—in a video greeting introduced by Hillary Clinton. "There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny," he...http://www.newser.com/story/73652/germany-celebrates-fall-of-the-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35037/russia-issues-nuke-threat-to-poland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA top Russian general warned yesterday that Poland would be "100% exposed" to nuclear attack if it follows through with plans to host a US missile defense system, reports the Times of London. The agreement "cannot go unpunished," the general warned in the first direct threat from the Kremlin since...http://www.newser.com/story/35037/russia-issues-nuke-threat-to-poland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 Aug 2008 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35017/medvedev-blasts-us-fairy-tales-about-defense-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS-Russian relations took another turn for the worse today with Moscow lashing out at America's new missile-defense deal with Poland. Dmitry Medvedev said the system will be aimed at Russia and denounced as "fairy tales" the US contention that it will deter strikes from rogue nations such as Iran, Reuters...http://www.newser.com/story/35017/medvedev-blasts-us-fairy-tales-about-defense-shield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 Aug 2008 14:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14460/europes-border-set-to-move-farther-east.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iron Curtain moves east Friday as nine countries in Eastern Europe join the no-passport-needed Schengen travel zone, allowing citizens to travel from Estonia to Portugal. As many of the new EU member states join the zone, the Times of London travels to the Slovenia-Croatia border, one of the spots...http://www.newser.com/story/14460/europes-border-set-to-move-farther-east.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Dec 2007 14:51:59 CST