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
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 Tesla 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
News Clubs Protest Rave Against The Eviction: Cassiopeia Club To Fight Closure The club was given two weeks to vacate the premises, along with multiple other cultural spaces within RAW Gelände that are caught in a fight over the owner's development plans. Jun 19, 2026
News Food Go Asia Recalls Second Product Within 24 Hours Berlin's most popular Asian market is dealing with a batch of product recalls, starting with norovirus in the oysters. Jun 18, 2026
News Politics Israel Kai Wegner Just Signed a Deal With One of Israel's Biggest Arms Companies Berlin and Israel Aerospace Industries are opening a joint innovation centre in the German capital. Jun 17, 2026
News Nazis Antisemitism Goebbels Villa to Become Hub in Fight Against Antisemitism The project's advisor is Brandenburg's antisemitism commissioner Andreas Büttner, a man facing serious questions after his home was apparently attacked by associates he had paid. Jun 16, 2026
News Money Brothel Bailout: State Paid Artemis €1.75 Million in Pandemic Aid This isn't the first time that Berlin's largest brothel, which is often steeped in controversy, has benefitted from public funds. Jun 15, 2026
News Police Hidden Cameras Found in the Women's Toilets at a Berlin University Multiple devices were discovered attached to bins in the women's bathrooms at HWR's Lichtenberg campus. Jun 12, 2026
News Far Right Neukölln The Neukölln Complex: City Failed to Prevent Violent Far-Right Attacks After more than 70 attacks over 12 years ended with just two convictions, the investigation into Berlin's 'Neukölln Complex' finds deep failures in police and prosecution, but few consequences. Jun 11, 2026
News Food City Chicken vs City Chicken: Berlin's Bloody Rotisserie Feud 14 lawsuits and one man in jail for torture: the story behind Sonnenallee's rival rotisserie chicken shops is crazier than you could have imagined. Jun 10, 2026
