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epa01775289 Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) and his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom shake hands at the Gate of Freedom monument on the Hungarian-Austrian border, between St. Margarethen, Austria, and Sopronpuszta, Hungary, during a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the dismantling of the iron curtain, i. e. the opening of the border of then communist Hungary towards Austria 26 June 2009. EPA/GEORG HOCHMUTH