News Construction History Bunker beneath Hitler's Chancellery Sparks Building Dispute Several bunkers lay beneath Hitler's chancellery, but can the city keep them straight? Plans for flats and offices may depend on which underground Nazi building is which. Sep 30, 2026
News Politics SPD Die Linke The Greens Talking, but Not 'in Talks': Berlin's Rocky Road to a Coalition The SPD and Greens won't yet call the talks "exploratory", while the CDU and CSU threaten Berlin's funding. A lesson in how coalitions get made. Sep 29, 2026
Podcast Berlin election winners and losers - with the HEIST editors The HEIST editors break down the major storylines of the Berlin election. Sep 28, 2026
News Die Linke Antisemitism Elif Eralp Takes Legal Action over 'Antisemite' Claim Die Linke have filed a criminal complaint against Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt after he called her an antisemite on national television. Sep 28, 2026
Podcast Behind the scenes at HEIST How do the editors at HEIST choose what news and features we publish? Founding editors Ruthie Weissmann and Peter Matthews talk about some of their favorite Berlin animal stories, stories that went viral, and what happens on a very slow news day. Sep 25, 2026
Features Film How to Build a Film Utopia: Archival Assembly #4 Now at Arsenal Kino's new home in Silent Green, Archival Assembly is a deliberately political, universalist film festival – and it's not afraid of big ideas. Sep 25, 2026
News Antisemitism Die Linke 150 Berlin Jews Reject "Political Weaponisation" in Open Letter More than 150 Berlin Jews, including Eva Menasse and Deborah Feldman, reject claims that Die Linke endangers Jewish life. Read the letter in full. Sep 25, 2026
Interview Protest "Fascism Is on Our Doorstep": Peter Thiel Comes to Berlin Peter Thiel doesn't believe "freedom and democracy are compatible". On Thursday, he comes to Berlin to accept the Axel Springer Award. We spoke to the protest organisers. Sep 24, 2026
News Sport Tempelhofer Feld Berlin's Olympic Bid is Officially Dead The city spent six million euros coming up with a plan that included a golden pyramid on Tempelhofer Feld. Sep 24, 2026
News Elections Die Linke Ferat Koçak Suspends Parliamentary Duties Amid Media Storm Die Linke politician Ferat Koçak has temporarily stepped back from his duties after a media storm over text messages with Issa Remmo's son. But what are the facts? Sep 23, 2026
News Elections Here Comes the Election Backlash Berlin is poised to get its first-ever Die Linke mayor, and Germany's media and political classes are losing it. Sep 22, 2026
News Elections Die Linke Die Linke Wins Berlin Election With 25.7% of the Vote It's likely that they'll lead the next coalition – but now, the coalition negotiations start. Sep 21, 2026
News Elections Berlin on a Knife Edge on the Eve of Election Weekend The polls are too tight to tell, Merz is in town, and the AfD is under fresh surveillance for the usual extremism. Sep 18, 2026
News Elections Politics Who Won the Berlin Election Debate? Watermelons, coalition talks and expropriation: here's what you need to know about last night's live argument between the major party candidates. Sep 17, 2026
News CDU Police Berlin Is Getting €5 Billion From the Federal Government: More Money For Police, Less For Cultural Projects A new 10-year funding agreement has been signed. Sep 16, 2026
News BVG 71% of Berliners Say Fare Evasion Should Not Be a Crime The vast majority of Berliners want to overturn the Nazi-era law that makes riding public transport without a ticket punishable with prison time. Sep 15, 2026
Podcast The hypocrisy of "Staatsräson" How Germany became UNRWA and Palestinians' biggest state donor, and the campaign to challenge that. Sep 14, 2026
News Court Report Police Convicted Criminals Stay Free Because the Courts Are Out of Yellow Envelopes For weeks, the public prosecutor's office was unable to send out summons for convicted criminals to begin their sentence. Sep 14, 2026
News SPD Elections Election Shock: SPD Candidate Raided On Suspicion of Corruption Berlin SPD mayoral candidate Steffen Krach has had his home and party offices raided as police look into potential bribery. Sep 10, 2026
News Emergency Warning: Prepare for an Ear-Splitting Warning At 11:00 on Thursday, 550 emergency sirens will go off across Berlin. Sep 10, 2026
News CDU Politics Antisemitism Funding Scandal: Joe Chialo Cleared to Testify, but Will He? The former CDU culture senator has been cleared to testify against his successor in the criminal investigation, but runs the risk of incriminating himself. Sep 9, 2026
News AfD Protest Thousands in Berlin Demonstrate Against AfD After Sachsen-Anhalt Election Plus, a brief look at some of the AfD members' bizarre histories. Sep 8, 2026
Features Die Linke Berlin Election Guide Die Linke: The Rent is Too Damn High The HEIST election guide to Die Linke and their lead candidate Elif Eralp. Sep 7, 2026
