Calendar

February 1989

6
Poland: The onset of the Round Table talks; after the plenary meeting, participants start to work in working groups.
German Democratic Republic: Chris Gueffroy is shot during an attempt to escape from East Germany; he is the last victim of the Berlin Wall.
8
Bulgaria: The Independent Confederation of Labour “Podkrepa” (Nezavisima federatsiya na truda “Podkrepa”) is established.
11
Hungary: The plenary assembly of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt) gives its permission for a multi-party system.
12
Soviet Union: An interview with Lech Wałęsa is published in the “Novoye Vremya” weekly.
15
Soviet Union: The withdrawal of the last units of the Red Army from Afghanistan.
16
Soviet Union: 300,000 people take part in an independence demonstration in Vilnius.
23
Bulgaria: 102 intellectuals sign a letter to express their solidarity with the imprisoned Václav Havel.