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Medieval artwork saved from the Nazis on show in Berlin

A unique exhibition of Medieval artworks saved from the Nazis is currently on display at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Assembled by affluent German art

20/07/2015

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Lena Hosheck innovative handicraft at the Berlin Fashion Week

Lena Hosheck showed up at the Berlin Fashion Week with a fresh collection of work that demonstrates her passion for traditional handicraft and

09/07/2015

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Beating The Heat

05/07/2015

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Humanoid robot stars in Berlin opera

A small robot, the size as an 8-year-old child, is the unlikely star of the opera ‘My Square Lady’ at Berlin’s Komische Oper. The opera tells the

02/07/2015

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Berlin: Queen Elizabeth II meets a robot

25/06/2015

Germany

Queen Elizabeth II on state visit to Germany

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has begun a three-day state visit to Germany. The monarch is scheduled to meet German President  Joachim Gauck and

23/06/2015

United Kingdom

I hope you’ll sleep through my music, says British composer

17/06/2015

Travel News

Football For Friendship

Last weekend, Berlin hosted the 3rd edition of ‘Football For Friendship’, the international forum organised by Gazprom, whose aim is to develop youth

09/06/2015

Germany

Greece ready to compromise on cash-for-reforms deal

Greece said on Monday it was willing to negotiate on a cash-for-reforms deal it needs to clinch by the end of June, when its bailout programme

08/06/2015

Sport

Barca brilliance in Berlin

Barcelona lifted their fifth Champions League trophy and third from the past six seasons with a 3-1 win over the ‘Old Lady’ of Juventus. Having also

08/06/2015

Culture news

Renovated Berlinischer opens in style with "Art in Berlin" 1880-1980

One hundred years of Berlin’s vibrant arts scene – 1880-1980 is the period covered in the show opening at the newly-renovated Berlinischer Galerie

08/06/2015

Germany

Fans converge on Berlin for Champions League Final

The trickle of football fans arriving in Berlin will have turned into a flood later on Saturday ahead of the Champions League final. The match

06/06/2015

Sport

Juventus and Barcelona looking to complete stunning trebles

Spanish giants Barcelona and Juventus will both be looking to complete stunning trebles when they lock horns in the Champions League final in Berlin

05/06/2015

Germany

Merkel and Hollande pledge action on climate change

The leaders of France and Germany have said more needs to be done if the world is to achieve its goal of limiting global warming to two degrees. The

19/05/2015

Germany

Berlin Philharmonic in deadlock over Simon Rattle successor

Members of the Berlin Philharmonic have still not chosen a new chief conductor despite more than 11 hours of discussions. The prestigious orchestra

12/05/2015

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Germany remembers

08/05/2015

Germany

70 years on from the Battle for Berlin

06/05/2015

Culture news

Berlin exhibition investigates post-WWII Europe

How did Europe deal with post-war life? That’s the question a new exhibition in Berlin tries to answer. Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the

30/04/2015

Germany

Merkel calls 'non-accidental' Germanwings crash 'a terrible burden'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to France’s official findings taken from the voice recorder of Germanwings flight 4U9525 with a brief

26/03/2015

Culture news

ZERO art retrospective brings light to Berlin

An exhibition has begun in Berlin in honour of ZERO, the German avant-garde art movement. ZERO focused on light and dynamism and sought to give art

25/03/2015