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Fall Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the Wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state.
A series of radical political changes occurred in the Eastern Bloc, associated with the liberalization of the Eastern Bloc's systems.taking down the wall in 9 november of 1989.
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Cold War End
Eastern European communist dictatorships fell one by one. By the fall of 1989, East and West Germans were tearing down the BERLIN WALL. Communist regimes were ousted in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. On Christmas Day, the brutal Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were summarily executed on live television.
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German Reunification
The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity celebrated on 3 October. Following German reunification, Berlin was once again designated as the capital of united Germany. -
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of ethnically-based wars and insurgencies fought from 1991 to 2001 inside the territory of the former Yugoslavia. These wars accompanied and/or facilitated the breakup of the Yugoslav state, when its constituent republics declared independence, but the issues of ethnic minorities in the new countries were still unresolved at the time the republics were recognized internationally. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1991. After a period of three years, it was totally dissolved. It changed the world's geopolitical balance in a big way. Because before the Soviet union has more resources than dozens of countries, it means that they could do many things in a easy way. Those should be ones of the bad things that it bringed later to the countries. For eexample Russia couldn't do things as the global clout that they Soviet union was during decades. -
European Union
In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty established the European Union, succeeding the EEC and furthering political co-operation. The neutral countries of Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the EU, and those that didn't join were tied into the EU's economic market via the European Economic Area.The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. -
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The Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country. In terms of overall impact, the International Monetary Fund concluded that it was the worst global recession since World War II. -
Implementation Of The Euro
The Economic and Monetary Union involves the coordination of economic and fiscal policies, a common monetary policy and a common currency. The euro was created on 1 January 1999 as a virtual currency for non-cash payments and for accounting purposes. Banknotes and coins were introduced on 1 January 2002.
The benefits of the common currency are in sight for anyone traveling abroad or buying on websites from other countries. HOW EURO WORKS?
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Decay Of Spanish Economy
The collapse of the building triggered unemployment. The rate jumped from 8.3% in 2007 to 18% in 2009 and currently reaches almost 25%. The huge overhead in the property sector caused prices to fall, and real estate construction exploded as demand collapsed.
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The Ukranian Revolution
The Ukrainian revolution took place in Ukraine in February 2014, when a series of violent events involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters in the capital, Kiev, culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych. This was followed by a series of changes in Ukraine's sociopolitical system, including the formation of a new interim government, the restoration of the previous constitution, and a call to hold impromptu presidential elections within months. -
European Migrant Crisis
The European migrant crisis, or the European refugee crisis, began in 2015, when rising numbers of people arrived undocumented in the European Union, travelling across the Mediterranean Sea or overland through Southeast Europe. These people included asylees seeking to apply for refugee status and the right of asylum, and also icluded some others like economic migrants, and a small number of hostile agents including Islamic State militants. -
united kingdom leaving european union
A referendum - a vote in which everyone of voting age can take part - was held on Thursday 23 June, 2016, to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than 30 million people voting.
one of they main reason was because they must to change the pound sterling by the euro, devaluating their economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbEZNhFY9TA
