The area that was once East Germany is finding it difficult to catch up with the former West Germany in terms of economic progress. The difference also shows in the population of both former countries, even today. Data from Statista, published in 2017, show that West Germany had a significantly larger population than the East. By the time the ...

23/07/2015 · East-West divide still exists in Germany. In October, Germany will celebrate 25 years of reunification, but the situation on the ground shows marked differences between east and west. (Photo: Merlijn Hoek) By Peter Teffer. Brussels, 23. Jul 2015, 09:29. The Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany may have come down over 25 years ago, but ...

02/10/2014 · The Federal Republic, as West Germany was (and today's Germany is) formally known, enveloped the former East Germany, and the new entity was something familiar, at least at first. The West had ...

13/11/2009 · East and West Germany reunite after 45 years. Less than one year after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together on what is known as “Unity Day.”. Since 1945 ...

11/02/2022 · West Germany had a very strong market economy, a long list of strong, export-oriented companies with a global reach, and a very high standard of living for its citizens. As a comparison, in 1991 the GDP per capita of East Germany was $7,395 while the same figure in West Germany was around three times as much, at around $22,800.

In former East Germany, The Palace of the Republic was a showroom of power. After opening its doors in 1976, it was the seat of the People's Chamber and hosted a …

07/11/2014 · Today it’s 1 to 6.3 in eastern Germany and 1 to 3.8 in the west. 2. Recycling. Recycling was vital business in the GDR, and not first and foremost for environmental reasons. The state lacked in ...

05/04/2020 · The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the reunification of West and East Germany. German separation in 1949 into the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic and its reunification in 1990 offer a unique setting of a rather unexpected introduction and termination of a communist regime in one part of a previously and afterwards …

01/10/2010 · Photos show the Inner German border, then and now. Photo: DPA. 1 October 2010. 07:32 CEST. Nearly 30 years ago, a hobby photographer set out to photograph the entire border between East and West ...

East and West Germany play a soccer match for the only time in Hamburg, 1974. These Football Times. 35. The Soviet Union loved sports, and so East Germany became a surprising sporting powerhouse. The Soviet Union saw international sporting competitions as …