Inner German border

30 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War.

This is the latest in a series of articles on the legacy of the fall of the Iron Curtain 30 years ago. See more.

"The crowd was surging towards the ramps, towards the poor cops, until at midnight the order 'let them through' came."

Nearly a 4-kilometer long queue of cars was formed at Kulata border checkpoint. At Makaza border checkpoint, traffic is also intense on both sides - exit and entrance, the Border Police reported.

At the "Kalotina" border checkpoint, Lesovo border checkpoint and Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint the traffic is also increased.

Did you know that under Potsdamer Platz in the center of Berlin there is a large tunnel system?

Once the square was separated from the Berlin Wall between the Communist GDR and the capitalist Federal Republic of Germany, the Deutsche Welle reported.

28 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. One of the brightest symbols of the Cold War which divided the East from the West no longer exists. 

On the night of 12 August 13, 1961, Berlin wakes up divided. The GDR police and military initially stray barbed wire, and in the years to come, they completed a fence.

There is an 8-km queue of trucks at the border cross checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo at the exit from Bulgaria.

The queue at the Lesovo border cross checkpoint is about 2 km long.

At the Kulata border cross checkpoint, traffic is heavy but there are no queues, announced Border Police.

The Economist writes that “Europe will soon have more physical barriers on its national borders than it did during the Cold War.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta hailed the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on his Facebook page on Sunday.

Germany kicks off celebrations Friday marking the 25th anniversary of the epochal fall of the Berlin Wall, set to culminate with rock stars and veteran freedom activists joining a millions-strong crowd.
      

Berlin's embattled mayor Klaus Wowereit, who famously dubbed his city "poor but sexy" and presided over its rise as an arts and party capital, said Tuesday he would step down in December.
      
Wowereit, who has led Berlin since 2001, had once been seen as a potential Social Democratic challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel.