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| | DC Estonian |
 | | Cities in the heart of Europe that have been divided by the tragic events of the 20th century are waiting impatiently for the eastwards expansion of the European Union on May 1 to tear down their barriers and customs checkpoints and get a new lease on life. |
 | | Miroslaw Fiedorowicz, his Polish counterpart at Zgorzelec, agrees: "If we do not take the chance offered by the EU enlargement, if we do not work together, we will disappear down a hole in the middle of Europe," he said. |
 | | Goerlitz which today has a population of 63,000 saw a mass exodus after the reunification of Germany in 1990 and some 10,000 apartments are standing empty, most of them beautiful 16th century buildings that have been restored in the hope that new inhabitants would soon move in. |
| www.dcestonian.com /estonews/articles/04/towns041404.htm (691 words) |
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