News Russia Germany Is Closing the Russian House After Drone Attack at Leipzig Airport The Russian House on Friedrichstraße has long been suspected of being a spy centre. Russia says the response is a "serious mistake." Sep 2, 2026
News Berlin Senate Passwort.docx: How Hackers Got Berlin Senate Passwords New details on the Berlin Senate cyberattack, the largest data breach in Berlin's history. Hackers are demanding 30 bitcoin (~€2 million) in ransom. Sep 1, 2026
News Die Linke Elections Media Turns on Die Linke Over Anti-Israel Sentiment at Campaign Event The CDU wants other parties to rule out a left-wing coalition, while some newspapers can't resist a racist dig of their own. But what really happened in Neukölln on Saturday? Aug 31, 2026
Podcast Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah on Germany's Colonial Past On European blindness, Germany's shame, and different kinds of global centers. Aug 31, 2026
News Money Meet Hendrik Holt: The €10 Million Fraudster Who Just Escaped Berlin Prison The fraudster was sentenced to nine years in prison for tricking energy companies out of €10 million. Now, he's posting on Instagram "Greetings from Moscow, it's very nice here, the caviar is fantastic." Aug 28, 2026
News Police Neukölln Unexploded World War II Bomb Forces Mass Evacuation in Neukölln Thousands of people had to temporarily leave their apartments as the WW2 bomb was defused just a few streets away from Sonnenallee. Aug 27, 2026
News Books AI Is an Unknown AI Buying Up Rare Berlin Books, Then Destroying Them? A Canadian company placed repeated automated orders at Berlin antiquarian shops. The books were shipped to Chicago. Experts suspect AI training. Aug 26, 2026
News Bundeswehr Food The German Army's Latest Recruiting Scheme? Döner Wrappers The German army has expanded its recruiting drive to Berlin kebab shops, sending out promotional material advertising the army as: 'One career with everything.'" Aug 25, 2026
News Elections Politics Berlin Election: Die Linke Four Points Clear as Wahl-O-Mat Goes Live A Forsa poll shows Die Linke's first clear lead of the campaign, plus the Wahl-O-Mat voting aid comes online today. Aug 24, 2026
News Weather Tornado Hits Brandenburg: "Severe Damage" Winds of 150 kilometres per hour blew through the town of Fürstenwalde just outside Berlin, sending trees and roofing flying. Aug 21, 2026
News Climate change Protest Activists Disable 20 SUVs in Charlottenburg, Screw Lentils in Tyre Valves The Widerstands-Kollektiv deflated tyres on 20 SUVs in Charlottenburg, calling the vehicles a "disaster for our world". Aug 20, 2026
News S Bahn Deutsche Bahn This S-Bahn to BER Is Closed for the Rest of August The S-Bahn lines serving the airport are suspended until the end of August. Replacement buses are running, but plan ahead (or take a regional train). Aug 19, 2026
News Berlin Senate The Berlin Government Has Been Hacked A crisis team has been deployed after the Senate admitted that "highly sensitive" data has leaked. Aug 18, 2026
Podcast From Electric Cars to Tanks Peter Matthews is joined by investigative reporter Lea Fauth. They discuss her reporting about two German factories that used to produce trains and electric cars - and now manufacture weapons. Aug 17, 2026
News Stage AfD CDU €78,000 Raised for Eoto After Volksbad Closure. But the Racist Threats Haven't Stopped The Volksbad pool closed last week after a racist media storm. Now a GoFundMe for the activist group is raising money – and drawing more threats of violence. Aug 17, 2026
News Stage AfD CDU Far Right The Volksbad Is Closed Again. This Time It's Due to Racist Threats A right-wing media campaign from Nius, Bild and the AfD led to the cancellation of a swim event for Black children, with organisers unable to guarantee their safety. Aug 14, 2026
Photography What the Solar Eclipse Looked Like from Berlin We asked our followers for their photos of the eclipse. Here are some of our favourites. Aug 13, 2026
News Elections Election Plagiarism? FDP Agree With the Greens on Drug Policy. Down to the Word Twelve sentences of Berlin's FDP drug policy chapter match the Greens' manifesto exactly, and eleven more nearly do. So who's been copying who? Aug 13, 2026
News Stage The Volksbühne Opened a Free Outdoor Pool. The Showers Broke After One Week. "Lesson learned after week 1: Running an outdoor pool isn't that easy." Aug 12, 2026
News Outer Space Berlin's Solar Eclipse Will Be Harder To See Than You Think Here's how to actually catch the moment in Berlin that the moon blocks out 85% of the sun on Wednesday evening. Aug 11, 2026
News BVG New App Warns Berliners of Ticket Inspectors; BVG Not Amused A new app called Freifahren lets Berlin commuters dodge ticket inspectors, prompting criticism from the BVG, who say it lacks "solidarity" Aug 10, 2026
News Elections Housing The Red-Red-Green Coalition Has Started to Squabble Differences between the parties over the socialisation of corporate housing have started to show. But who is racking up the red lines? Aug 7, 2026
News Food A Man Ate Nine Strawberry Döners in 40 Minutes and Never Has to Pay at Karls Again Sebastian Michels has 56 lifetime food passes. This is how he got his latest one. Aug 6, 2026
News CDU Die Linke Politics Berlin Senate Die Linke Pull Further Ahead as CDU Stall Six weeks out from Berlin's election, the CDU's new start isn't registering. Aug 5, 2026
