Lech Walesa
A journey from the evil empire to the land of the free
March 21, 2011Text of the speech made by Vlad Spânu, President of the Moldova Foundation, at the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society (University of Virginia in Charlottesville), as it was delivered on March 18, 2011 (for Romanian translation, click here...
World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall
November 09, 2009World leaders past and present have joined thousands of Germans in Berlin today to celebrate one of the watershed events in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe 20 years ago -- the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, crowds of jubilant...
Berlin Marks 20th Anniversary of Wall's Fall
November 09, 2009By Sonja Pace World leaders, dignitaries and thousands of visitors are in Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a time to remember the past and celebrate the November day in 1989 that changed the future. Despite...
Berlin Wall's Lessons for Today
November 05, 2009Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin writes in today's USA Today about the vital need for "trustworthy information" in repressive societies By Jeffrey Gedmin First as a college student, then as a...
Dismantling missile defense in Eastern Europe shows weakness
September 24, 2009By Thaddeus McCotter At a time when recession still wreaks havoc upon our families' prosperity, it is often difficult to focus on our national security. But focus we must. President John F. Kennedy warned: "The surest path to war is the path...
Dear Barack, Don't Forget About Us
July 16, 2009Central, Eastern European Leaders Acknowledge 'Storm Clouds, Nervousness' Central and Eastern European leaders hope U.S. President Barack Obama reads his mail this week. More than 20 Central and Eastern European leaders and intellectuals have written...