Twenty-five years ago, the peaceful revolutions in Eastern Germany and Europe saw the fall of totalitarian regimes and borders. Five young Europeans explain what that year of change and the following time of political upheaval meant to them personally.

The award ceremony for the 7th Iberian History Competition, organised by the Portuguese Association of History Teachers and the Real Maestranza de Caballería (Spain), was held on 8 November 2014 at the Real Maestranza in Ronda. Under this years’ topic “America”, a record number of more than one hundred works were submitted.

In 2014, one hundred years after the First World War broke out and twenty-five years after the Iron Curtain came down, peace in the Western Balkans is still deceptive.