Freedom is now flowing from West to East | Adam LeBor - Times Online

Freedom is now flowing from West to East | Adam LeBor - Times Online: "Twenty years ago today the world witnessed the power of the crowd. Hungary’s reformist communist Government permitted the pan-European picnic near the city of Sopron, on the border with Austria, as a symbol of its commitment to a united Europe. The border was to be opened so that about 100 dignitaries and officially approved picnickers could cross freely back and forth."