News AfD Nazis Scuffles Break Out at Hitler Assassination Memorial At the 82nd anniversary of a failed plot to kill Hitler, relatives of resistance fighters took offense to the AfD's memorial wreath. Jul 21, 2026
News BER: Berlin Airport Cigarettes, Caviar, Venomous Spiders: What Gets Smuggled Through BER Customs? It was a record year for airport Zoll, which inspected roughly 662,000 pieces of luggage last year. Jul 20, 2026
News Housing The Berlin Housing Study Vonovia Tried to Bury Vonovia commissioned a poll on Berlin's expropriation referendum, then denied it existed after the report showed 56% still back socialising profit-seeking landlords. Jul 17, 2026
News Police Berlin Man Allegedly Raped 58 Women, Exposing Dark Telegram Networks The 68-year-old electrician faces 22 charges of drugging and raping women, part of a wider pattern of Telegram networks trading assault footage. Jul 16, 2026
News CDU Health Fewer Appointments, Longer Waits: What Merz's Healthcare Cuts Will Mean for Berlin Berlin and Brandenburg's panel doctors have written an open letter to patients warning them about what's coming. Jul 15, 2026
News BVG Far Right A Berlin Court Just Ordered the BVG to Run Far-Right Ads In June, the BVG terminated an advertising campaign on its buses and trains after public backlash. A court has now ruled that right-wing platform NIUS has a right to run ads. Jul 14, 2026
News CDU Elections Kai Wegner Will Not Be Mayor Again Berlin's governing mayor Kai Wegner announced he will not run for a second term, and still faces heavy pressure for his resignation. Jul 13, 2026
News Antisemitism BVG Neukölln Principal Who Faked U-Bahn Assassination Attempt Fined €17,000 Initially celebrated for his bravery, Neukölln school principal Hudhaifa Al-Mashhadani has been uncovered as a fraud - and part of a growing trend of staged political violence in Germany. Jul 10, 2026
News Protest Palestine Protesters Gather in Wedding to Protest Arms Production; Police Crack Down The first day of the protests planned against Rheinmetall's new Wedding munitions plant were met with a heavy police response. Jul 9, 2026
News Drugs Police Berlin Drug Dealers Are Leaving Free Samples in The Mailbox Police say residents have been finding free starter packs of cocaine and ketamine right at the front door. Jul 8, 2026
News Politics Berlin Senate New Berlin Election Polling: Die Linke Lead With 11 Weeks to Go Die Linke lead Berlin's polls, as rents dominate voter concerns and debate builds over a possible AfD ban. Jul 7, 2026
News Housing Berlin vs. Landlords: New Database to Log Every Rent in the City Berlin has approved a database that will make landlords log every rental contract in the city. Plus, a new portal for reporting your overpriced rent. Jul 6, 2026
Podcast LGBTAfD Historian Ben Miller on the use and abuse of queer politics by the German far-right and the disturbing rise of homonationalism. Jul 6, 2026
Podcast The U-Bahn Assassination That Never Happened Journalist Yossi Bartal on the Al-Mashhadani case. Jul 6, 2026
Podcast How It Feels to Be Palestinian in Berlin Journalist Hebh Jamal on surviving the German Staatsräson and "imported antisemitism." Jul 6, 2026
News Politics Health Workers in Germany Will Now Need a Sick Note from Day One Friedrich Merz wants workers to provide a doctor's note from the first day of sickness, and he's scrapped calling up your Hausarzt by phone. Jul 3, 2026
News Construction Gigafactory Expansion: Tesla Announces 1,000 New Jobs in Grünheide Elon Musk still wants to build the largest factory complex in Europe. Jul 1, 2026
News Police BSR The Undercover Cigarette Police Are Out This Week And they can fine you €3,000 for a discarded butt. Jun 30, 2026
News Weather Climate change Heatwave Recap: Police Water Cannons, Lightning, One Baby Drinking Beer Will the chaos inspire politicians to take heat-related climate change seriously going forward? Jun 29, 2026
News Music & Clubs Weather Fusion Festival Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out The blaze temporarily interrupted the concert schedule, but the festival is expected to continue — unlike most events this weekend, which have been cancelled in the extreme heat. Jun 26, 2026
News Construction Art Finally, A Plan For The Long-Abandoned International Congress Centre After 12 years sitting empty and a long hunt for investors, West Berlin's futuristic spaceship will become an art and culture centre — plus hotels and retail. Jun 25, 2026
News Deutsche Bahn S Bahn Train Chaos: Software Update Shuts Down Germany’s Entire Rail Network Trains stranded between stations, passengers trapped on board, and Deutsche Bahn handing out taxi vouchers. Jun 24, 2026
News Weather Climate change Berlin Could Hit 40 Degrees This Weekend Meteorologist Andreas Blei says Saturday could see Berlin surpass 40°C for the first time in 120 years. Jun 23, 2026
News Lakes Swimmers beware: Parasitic flatworm larvae found in three Berlin lakes Cercariae, or the larvae of parasitic flatworms, have been spotted in three Berlin lakes — just as we're headed for a record-breaking heatwave. Here's what you need to know. Jun 22, 2026
Interview History The Romanisches Café: Weimar Berlin's Lost Laboratory of Ideas Once the nerve centre of 1920s Berlin, the Romanisches Café drew writers, exiles, and avant-garde artists from across the world - until the Nazis erased it. Jun 19, 2026
