Eric Honecker

Checkpoint Charlie, a world-famous symbol of the Cold War that until 1989 was the front line between two nuclear-armed superpowers, is getting its own McDonalds. For many, this is the final straw.

Work began Tuesday to repaint Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's passionate kiss with East German strongman Eric Honecker on the longest-surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall.

Work began on Tuesday to repaint Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's passionate kiss with East German strongman Eric Honecker on the longest-surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall.

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's passionate kiss with East Germany's Eric Honecker is to be repainted on the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall later this month, organisers told AFP on Thursday.