on wednesday, the interior minister khaybar-1's the annual assessment of unified germany. s cousin, former east germany's last prime minister, presented his. >> for angela merkel, a launching this book was like a trip down memory lane. in 1990, she was spokeswoman for east germany's first freely elected government under his leadership the two accompanied east germany to the brief spell as an independent democracy to becoming part of a reunified germany. >> those events were like a miracle, and we should keep a bit of that miracle in our hearts and minds. >> not far away, there were dealing with german reunification also, but from today's point of view. the interior minister presented the government's annual report on german unity. unemployment in eastern germany has dropped to 11%, though it is double the rate in western states. child care is much more easily available in the east, although the population is shrinking. overall, they said the past year s have left a positive image. >> 20 years later, without ignoring the problems, we can be proud of what the people in the ea

like other couples in unified germany, they have accepted their differences and are simply getting along general level, most of the world to stop thinking in terms of east and west germany. there is a great deal of cross flow within the country. one of the most visible areas of that is an art. various cities in east germany are thriving centers for creative activity. one of the most prominent is leipzig where the leipzig school movement enjoys international attention. even though it is based in eastern germany, it has produced art that many feel is anything but an eastern phenomenon. >> this printer is one of the leipzig school's best known women artists. -- from this converted cotton mill, she and her colleagues oversaw the beginnings of a unified german art scene. rosa is known for her figurative works. it is a recognized trademark of the leipzig school, drawing on the tradition of social realist. she resists the label. >> the school leipzig symphony is that the people who exhibit here have studied in leipzig or were a stranger. they were not all born here. -- or were trencher. there w

like other couples in unified germany, they have accepted their differences and are simply getting along gener level, most of thworld to sp thinking in terms of east and west germany. there is a great deal of cross flow within the country. one of the most visible areas of that is an art. various cities in east germany are thriving centers for creative activity. one of the most prominent is leipzig where the leipzig school movement enjoys international attention. even though it is based in eastern germany, it has produced art that many feel is anything but an eastern phenomenon. >> this printer is one of the leipzig school's best known women artists. -- from this converted cotton mill, she and her colleagues oversaw the beginnings of a unified german art scene. rosa is known for her figurative works. it is a recognized trademark of the leipzig school, drawing on the tradition of social realist. she resists the label. >> the school leipzig sympny ishat e pele who exhibit here havstudied in leipzig or were a stranger. they were not all born here. -- or were trencher. there were not all born

so there was a very clear cut question from one day to the next how could this part of late to unify germany's survive and under these circumstances it was very clear that the political way to the power was a very clearly on the side of of the westerners and no doubt many easterners must have felt. the next one thing is very clear the joblessness percentage is much higher in eastern germany that it is in the western part of these companies that went bankrupt after the very hasty unification process that is very very difficult to replace and build up again and the effect of the unification was for eastern germany also during. a currency problem as devastating and of course we have this let's say this minority feeling among many easterners that they feel that the majority of westerners is not doing what they would like to have done in their part of germany political analyst christopher her still talking to us from germany. you know as last year restricting gambling in russia forced casinos to move to four designated zones in the remote regions they however have struggled and leaving russia with