News History Here's Everything That's Banned on Liberation Day Once again, Berlin will mark Soviet Victory Day and the city's liberation after World War II by banning flags and walking a delicate political and historical line. May 8, 2026
News Palestine Protest Berlin Tried to Deport an Irish Activist. The Court Just Said No. After pro-Palestine protests at Berlin universities in 2024, the city attempted to revoke the EU residency rights of four activists. A court has now ruled against the move for one of them. May 7, 2026
News HEIST on Heists Police Berlin Couple Accused of Running a Bronze Statue Heist Angels, religious statues, even a church bell – prosecutors say a Berlin duo built a business out of looting graveyards. May 6, 2026
News Sport Tempelhofer Feld Berlin Wants to Build a Giant Golden Pyramid on Tempelhofer Feld "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair." Berlin reveals grandiose plans for the 2036 Olympics bid. May 5, 2026
News BSR Görlitzer Park May Day Fallout: Twice As Dirty, Few Cops Injured Over May 1, Berliners left 2,300 bathtubs worth of trash covering the city streets, but overall the protests and parties were "largely trouble-free." May 4, 2026
News Protest May Day 2026: Who's Taking to the Streets This Year? Queerfeminist marches, rave against the Görli fence, Revolutionary 1. Mai, and far-right counter-demos: who is taking to Berlin's streets this May Day? Apr 30, 2026
News CDU Health Germany Wants to Tax Your Fritz-Kola The federal government is considering a levy on sugary drinks – less as a health measure and more as a way to stabilise the budget. Apr 29, 2026
News Politics Palestine Court Rules Jewish Peace Group Is Not Extremist In 2024, Germany's intelligence agency designated Jewish Voice for Just Peace as "confirmed extremist". A Berlin court has now ruled that incorrect. Apr 28, 2026
News Die Linke Elections “Make Berlin Affordable”: Die Linke Puts Housing at the Centre of Election Bid The left-wing party announced election plans to expropriate private landlords, cap rents, and crack down on rent gouging — and the mayor isn't happy. Apr 27, 2026
News CDU Berlin Culture Senator Resigns: Report Finds CDU Antisemitism Funding “Clearly Illegal” The state audit into CDU antisemitism funding finds Senator Wedl-Wilson knew she was breaking the law. On Friday, she resigned her post. Apr 24, 2026
News History Berlin Identified The Origins of 574 Stolen Colonial Skulls. Will They Get To Go Home? Berlin's S-Collection holds thousands of colonial-era human skulls. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has now traced the origins of 574 - and says it wants to return them. Apr 23, 2026
News CDU Politics New Poll: Friedrich Merz Is The Most Unpopular World Leader A new international survey puts Germany’s chancellor at the bottom, with just 19% approval. Apr 22, 2026
News Housing Have Berlin Rents Finally Hit Their Ceiling? For the first time in years, rents in Berlin fell. But with asking rents around double what's being paid on average, don't expect to feel it yet. Apr 21, 2026
News S Bahn S-Bahn “Hijackings” On The Rise S-Bahn surfing is on the rise. Reports of improper train travel in Berlin quadrupled last year, with teenagers posting their misdeeds to social media. Apr 20, 2026
News LGBTQ This Year's Christopher Street Day Will Be The Biggest Ever For the first time in half a century, Berlin's biggest Pride event will span two days – and it's explicitly focused on the upcoming elections. Apr 17, 2026
News AfD This AfD Influencer Does Not Exist From fake influencers to OnlyFans links, far-right accounts are combining AI-generated content and sexualised imagery to spread pro-AfD messaging on Instagram. Apr 16, 2026
News CDU Protest “I Stick To Money”: Activist Disguised As CDU Minister Glues Herself to Museum Display The protest targeted the economics minister's corporate ties, and briefly brought police to the Bode Museum. Apr 15, 2026
News BVG This Is the Slowest Bus in Berlin At 13.1 kilometres per hour, the 147 bus travels the speed of a brisk jog, or a child's bicycle. Apr 14, 2026
News Police Protest Executions Are Now Banned at Demos The Berlin police have decided that while they can still employ violence at protests, nobody can reenact any. Apr 13, 2026
News CDU Protest CDU Offices Rebranded as “Egg Houses” on Google Maps A wave of map hijackings across Germany saw party offices renamed after eggs, with some linking the stunt to anti-conscription protests. Apr 10, 2026
News History Nazis Was Your Grandfather a Nazi? NSDAP Membership Now Searchable Online The US National Archives has made 12 million Nazi membership cards searchable online. The database includes some familiar names. Apr 9, 2026
News Görlitzer Park Copies of Görlitzer Park "Master Key" Distributed By Mysterious Bunnies The masked "Union of Easter Bunnies" handed out chocolates with the master key to the park's controversial fence locks – and also hid a few for members of the press. Apr 8, 2026
News Bundeswehr German Men Now Need Army Permission to Leave the Country Conscription law now requires men ages 18–45 to get approval before travelling abroad for more than three months. Apr 7, 2026
News BSR The 9,540 Tonnes of Winter Gravel are Finally Gone Just in time for the Easter deadline, the BSR have swept up all those little black rocks. It's still stuck in the escalators, though. Apr 3, 2026
News Clubs Instagram Deactivates KitKat Club and Insomnia Two sex-positive nightclubs had their Instagram accounts deactivated in what one called "blatant American censorship." Apr 2, 2026
