In this Oct. 3, 1990, file photo, youth light flares in front of Berlin’s Reichstag to celebrate German unification. (AP/Diether Endlicher)Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly communist east heading a country that increasingly asserts itself as Europe’s political heavyweight — and now faces a new challenge in a refugee influx that will demand deep reserves of resourcefulness and patience.West and East Germany united on Oct. 3, 1990, capping a process that started less than 11 months earlier when the east’s communist leadership opened the Berlin Wall under pressure from massive …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
