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My Europe Series

Berliners back seizing housing from so-called mega landlords

In a referendum on Sunday timed to coincide with Germany's general election on Sunday, locals supported expropriation by 56% to 39%.

27/09/2021

Home

Berliners want a new landlord. Is a community land trust the answer?

In a city where 80 per cent of its inhabitants rent, how land and property are owned and allocated is an ongoing battle.

25/09/2021

Germany

Greta Thunberg joins tens of thousands of climate protesters in Berlin

The Berlin protest was part a worldwide climate strike that included around 1,400 events in 80 countries organised by the Fridays for Future movement.

24/09/2021

My Europe Series

Berlin mulls one of Europe’s most radical ripostes to gentrification

It's not just Germany's new parliament that's being decided on Sunday. In Berlin, locals will vote in a referendum on whether to expropriate so-called "mega-landlords".

22/09/2021

Experiences

Festival of Lights: See Berlin's famous landmarks in a new light

The 17th annual Berlin Festival of Lights returned to the German capital earlier this month, transforming the city into a glowing stage.

22/09/2021

Germany

German elections 2021: Armin Laschet tries to regain public trust

Armin Laschet is Germany's CDU/CSU candidate for chancellor. He has seen his popularity drop in recent months due to several scandals and a string of public gaffes. Find out more about this former journalist and current leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

20/09/2021

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Berlin's leather lovers listen to classical music in a church

The "Classic meets fetish" evening regularly brings together about a hundred members of the gay community, all dressed in leather, to listen to classical music.

12/09/2021

Germany

Berlin's 17th festival of lights highlights environmental challenges

The festival has transformed the city's landmarks — the Brandenburg Gate, the TV Tower and the Cathedral — with very inventive illuminations.

04/09/2021

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Berlin celebrates the Festival of Lights

One of the largest open air art galleries in the world returned on Friday as the German capital of Berlin hosted its annual Festival of Lights display for the 17th time

04/09/2021

Mobility

Pop-up bike lanes in Berlin are here to stay

As a temporary solution during the height of the pandemic, authorities in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district of Berlin created pop-up bike lanes so people could avoid crowded public transport more easily. But they are so popular, they are now being made permanent.

02/09/2021

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Thousands gather in Berlin to call on EU to take in Afghan refugees

Thousands of people gather in front of the German parliament in Berlin to demand an airlift and the welcome of Afghan refugees by the EU.

18/08/2021

World News

Germany arrests British national accused of spying for Russia

German prosecutors suspect Davis S., a British national, of passing confidential documents onto the Russians in exchange for cash.

11/08/2021

Germany

COVID-19 test, then a party? Berlin clubs participate in pilot study

Six Berlin clubs will host partygoers this weekend who are willing to get a PCR test before and after the dance event.

06/08/2021

Germany

Several injured after Belgrade to Stockholm bus crashes near Berlin

Nineteen people have been injured, nine of them seriously, after a bus en route from Belgrade to Stockholm crashed in Germany.

30/07/2021

Germany

Tens of thousands march in Berlin's iconic Pride parade

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Berlin for the annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade

25/07/2021

Destinations

The 6 best cities in the world for remote working

As more workers go remote, we look at the best cities for working abroad across the globe.

13/07/2021

Destinations

7 popular city destinations that are absolutely worth the hype

We get it. It's cool to go to unusual places where nobody else ventures, but sometimes cities - like these seven - are absolutely worth the fuss.

09/07/2021

Germany

New museum in Berlin focuses on German suffering after World War II

A new museum dedicated to German civilians forced to flee eastern Europe at the end of World War II opens next week after decades of wrenching debate.

19/06/2021

Germany

Fifth suspect arrested in Germany over Dresden jewellery heist

A 22-year-old man was detained in Berlin on suspicion of the high-profile gang theft of 18th-century from Dresden's Green Vault Museum in November 2019.

18/05/2021

Germany

Attacks on police and Israeli reporter at Berlin pro-Palestinian rally

A firecracker was thrown at an Israeli reporter covering pro-Palestinian protests in the German capital while four men were also arrested in London over an antisemitic incident.

16/05/2021