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Media Appeal for University with English
Jan 20th, 2020One of Berlin's universities should switch to English in order to attract the skilled workers Germany so desperately needs, argues Markus Hesselmann, a publicist of Der Tagesspiegel, one of Germany's leading newspapers. In his article Hesselmann...
Read more »Plans Unveiled For Iron Curtain Bike Trail
Aug 14th, 2014Plans for a 6,800 km cycle path along the former Iron Curtain ? the line which divided Europe into East and West for almost half a century - were presented at the House of the European Union in Vienna on Monday. "The big problem in Europe is that we...
Read more »"Street Food Thursday" Premiers Today
Apr 11th, 2013Markthalle Neun in Kreuzberg hosts the first edition of the new weekly event "Street Food Thursday" today, daily Berliner Zeitung reports. More than twenty cooks will make and sell freshly prepared quick meals from different countries. Besides...
Read more »Recreation or residences: Plans for development of Tempelhofer Feld presented
Mar 6th, 2013Michael M?ller, Berlin's senator in charge of the city's urban development, introduces the master plan for the open space Tempelhofer Feld today. According to daily newspaper Berliner Zeitung, about 4,700 flats and a new public library are intended...
Read more »Wingman Saves your Clubbing
Nov 19th, 2012Best pal not available to support you on girlfriend-hunting? With Find-a-Wingman free Android app you?ll find your clubbing back up is within your smartphone?s tap. As many brilliant solutions before, the Wingman app was born of urgent need. ...
Read more »Coffinjacking triggers bureaucracy
Nov 4th, 201212 coffins destined to cremation in a crematorium in Meissen, Saxony were stolen in mid October during organized car theft in Berlin. Apparently thieves seized an opportunity when the driver finished loading the car and went to wash his hands. The...
Read more »German Fashion Label Unveils 190 Paper Bag
Aug 30th, 2012German fashion label Jil Sander has unveiled the latest accessory for their fall 2012 collection - a men?s handbag. But this is not just any leather purse or messenger bag, Jil Sander has unveiled what is perhaps their most unusual design yet - a...
Read more »Berlin Hosts Hipster Olympics
Aug 5th, 2012While the real summer Olympics are taking over London this summer, the fashionable youth of Berlin have hosted their own, of course much cooler (or are we being ironic?), take on the event - the Hipster Olympics. With its reputation as one of...
Read more »Venezuela Demands Return of Sacred Rock
Jul 2nd, 2012The German government is in talks with Venezuela regarding the fate of a rock considered sacred by the Pemon indigenous people. The 35-tonne rock now stands in a Berlin park as part of a project for peace and outdoor exhibition entitled Global...
Read more »Club Life Threatened in Berlin
Jun 2nd, 2012With rising rent prices and a visible shift of city priorities, from embracing its artistic underground to chasing after the corporate euro, the existence of the nightclubs of Berlin continues to be threatened, according to Reuters. While...
Read more »86-Year-Old Gymnast Is Internet Hit
Mar 31st, 2012Hobby gymnast Johanna Quaas, 86, received a standing ovation after her display of strength, agility, and grace during a break at the 2012 Cottbus Challenger Cup gymnastics competition. She performed a floor routine with a cartwheel, handstand...
Read more »Anne Frank is New Addition to Berlins Madame Tussauds
Mar 12th, 2012Berlin?s branch of the international chain of wax figure museums known as Madame Tussauds has added a new figure to its collection - a sculpture of Anne Frank. The 15-year old Jewish girl is known across the world as the author of The Diary of a...
Read more »Berlin Theatre Performs Live Play on Facebook
Jan 30th, 2012Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theatre performed what appears to be the world's first live staging of a play on a social networking website, and in this case, Facebook. The play performed was Theodor Fontane's "Effi Briest", which was first published in 1894...
Read more »Berlin Film Festival to Honour Meryl Streep
Jan 8th, 2012The illustrious Berlin Film Festival Berlinale, which takes place every year in February, has announced that its honorary Golden Bear award will go to American actress Meryl Streep. After a career which included Out of Africa, Sophie's Choice, and...
Read more »WWII Bombs Successfully Defused
Dec 5th, 2011It's a fact that is dealt with across Europe on a regular basis - the defusing of World War II-era bombs found during excavations or construction, and it happens so often that it's usually a big deal. However, the German town of Koblenz recently...
Read more »Cleaner Scrubs Away 800 000 Euro Art
Nov 5th, 2011An overzealous cleaner in Dortmund has scrubbed away an integral part of a contemporary sculpture on display at the Ostwall Museum. The work of art by Martin Kippenberger, is entitled "When It Starts Dripping From the Ceiling" and features a stack...
Read more »Pergamon Does Pergamon
Oct 2nd, 2011One of Berlin's most celebrated museums, the Pergamonmuseum, has opened an exhibition dedicated to its namesake - the Turkish city of Pergamon. A huge 360 degree panorama of the city is the centrepiece of the exhibition on Museum Island. ...
Read more »Urban Gardening at Tempelhof
Sep 3rd, 2011While Berlin's iconic Tempelhof Airport may be closed for business, there's still plenty going on its former runways. Festivals take place in the summer, and many enjoy its vast spaces for weekend walks. However, a new sort of outdoor activity has...
Read more »Freed Chinese Artist Accepts German University Post
Jul 30th, 2011Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, best known to western audience for designing the iconic stadium used in the Beijing Olympic games, has accepted a position in the University of the Arts in Berlin. Weiwei has faced serious problems with Chinese government...
Read more »Cross-Eyed Opossum to Remain in Germany
Jul 7th, 2011The city of Leipzig, approximately 200 kilometres south of Berlin, is now home to the international internet superstar Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum. The newly opened jungle enclosure Gondwanaland in the Leipzig Zoo, which is meant to highlight...
Read more »World's Largest Bike Demo Held in Berlin
Jun 5th, 2011The world's largest bicycle demonstration was held in Berlin this year, with the Star-Ride attracting approximately 150 000 bike enthusiasts to the city streets. Similar to Critical Mass demonstrations which take place in cities across the world,...
Read more »Guggenheim Labs in Berlin?
May 1st, 2011According to the Local German news portal, it is believed that the Guggenheim Museum travelling "laboratories" will include Berlin as one of the host cities for the project. A collaboration between the Guggenheim foundation and the German car company...
Read more »Berlin Mourns Passing of Beloved Knut
Apr 5th, 2011The Berlin Zoo?s most famous resident, polar bear Knut, has died from what neurologists have described as an epileptic fit. The four year old bear was seen to have suddenly collapsed within its zoo enclosure on 19 March. Knut won the hearts of...
Read more »Germany Most Popular Nation
Mar 9th, 2011The BBC World Service has conducted a poll measuring the popularity of 16 nations across the world. From the nearly 29 000 people surveyed, the poll has concluded that Germany is the most popular nation with 62 per cent saying that Germany?s...
Read more »Berlinale Set to Shine
Feb 6th, 2011Berlin?s respected film festival, the Berlinale, is set to kick off this month in what will be its 61st edition. Taking place at cinemas across the city, Berlinale is one of Europe?s most prestigious festivals celebrating both emerging and...
Read more »Hitler Exhibition Extended
Jan 9th, 2011An exhibition dedicated to telling the story of the rise and fall of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, hosted by the German Historical Museum, is set to be extended by three weeks. The exhibition, entitled ?Hitler and the Germans: Nation and Crime?, is...
Read more »Berlin's Naked Housing Protests
Dec 6th, 2010Protesting the continuous gentrification of many of Berlin's more "alternative" districts such as Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, a group of demonstrators have approached the problem in a rather unusual way. The group, called Hedonists...
Read more »Google Street View Troubles in Germany
Nov 7th, 2010Google's controversial Street View, a service which allows for an "on the street" photographic map view, has officially launched in Germany. In creating the service, Google has manually taken 360 degree photographs of streets across the world....
Read more »Kenyan Makau wins Berlin Marathon
Sep 29th, 2010Patrick Makau of Kenya emerged victorious from a rainy Berlin Marathon, finishing just two seconds ahead of fellow Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai finishing the over 40 kilometer race in 2 hours 5 minutes and 8 seconds. In third place was Ethiopian Bazu Worku....
Read more »Tough Times for Tacheles
Sep 6th, 2010One of Berlin's cultural landmarks, the Tacheles building in Oranienburger Strasse, is under threat. The graffiti-covered building, home to galleries, artist residences, and and several cafes, bars, and even a cinema, is an icon of Berlin's famed...
Read more »Indian Artist Wins Top Prize at Sandsation
Aug 1st, 2010Sandsation, an international sand sculpture competition based in Berlin, has awarded its first prize by popular vote to Indian artist Sudarsan Pattnaik. Following this year's theme of "Heads in Sand", Pattnaik's sculpture was based around the threat...
Read more »Germany Remembers Love Parade Victims
Jul 29th, 2010Tragedy struck the Germany last week as 21 people were crushed to death at the dance music festival Love Parade. The festival, which originated in Berlin in 1989, has traveled across Germany as well as internationally and this year took place in...
Read more »7 Month Delay for New Berlin Airport
Jul 4th, 2010Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit has announced that Berlin's new airport, the Willy Bradt International airport, will be opened seven months late. Instead of opening in October of 2011 as originally planned, the Willy Brandt airport (named after the...
Read more »Germany Advances to World Cup Quarter-Finals
Jun 28th, 2010This year's World Cup in South Africa has been full of surprises, but the fact that Germany's national team has advanced to the quarter finals can't be much of a shocker. Having lost only one game in the tournament so far (0-1 with Serbia), Germany...
Read more »Sand storms into O2 World
Jun 15th, 2010From June 6th until August 29th, the eighth annual sand-sculpturing competition "Sandsation" is back in Berlin and raring to go, this time at O2 World. The winners have already been chosen yet there is still time to go and see the towering sculptures...
Read more »German Singer Wins Eurovision
Jun 1st, 2010Depending on how you look at it, the annual Eurovision song competition is either an opportunity for some healthy, creative competition between European countries or simply a proper cheese-fest. Every year 25 countries choose one artist to...
Read more »High Times in Berlin
May 20th, 2010The city of Berlin is set to further relax laws on Cannabis possession raising the legal limit from 10 to 15 grams - an amount with a street value of over 100 euro. The Brandenburg state government, which controls Berlin, is where these regulations...
Read more »Three Restaurants Represent Germany in Top 50
Apr 30th, 2010The S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list has just been announced, placing three of Germany's restaurants in the top 50. The list is compiled by a poll of chefs, food critics, and restauranteurs from across the world. The highest...
Read more »Breakdancing to Bach
Apr 14th, 2010This week, the Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin's Museum of Modern Art) will host a most unusual event - "Flying Bach". Performers from the Berlin-based Flying Steps breakdancing troupe will bring their unique approach to the works of Johann Sebastian...
Read more »Survey Says: Nearly 1 in 4 for Return of Berlin Wall
Mar 15th, 2010An incredible new survey, published in the Bild daily paper, has revealed that nearly one in four German residents "sometimes think it would be better if the Berlin Wall was still there". The poll, conducted by Emnid, asked 1 001 people about their...
Read more »Watch: Berlin Poker Heist
Mar 10th, 2010Police continue to search for five suspects in connection with the armed robbery of a high-stakes poker tournament in Berlin. The men were believed to be working with an accomplice inside the tournament, rushing in to grab over 690 000 euro at the...
Read more »Berlinale Wraps Up
Feb 23rd, 2010The 60th Berlin Film Festival, also known as Berlinale, wrapped up with top awards going to Roman Polanski and Bal, a Turkish film. Roman Polanski was unable to pick up his prize for Best Director in person as he is currently under house arrest in...
Read more »60th Edition of Berlinale Begins
Feb 10th, 2010Kicking off on 11 February, the annual Berlin Film Festival, also known as Berlinale, will showcase hundreds of films in cinemas across the city until 21 February. This year, there are twenty international films in competition for the coveted...
Read more »Six-Day Cycling Race Hits Berlin
Jan 28th, 2010The dead of winter might not seem like the most natural moment to celebrate cycling, but in fact Berlin has a long tradition of indoor cycling with its annual Six-Day Race that has been taking place at the end of January for the last 99 years. ...
Read more »Love Locks: New German Custom Emerges
Jan 26th, 2010According to The Local, a new custom has emerged centred in the German city of Cologne. Over one thousand "love locks" have appeared along a pedestrian path on a bridge over the Rhine river. Couples decorate the padlocks with their initials, attach...
Read more »Golden Arches for Checkpoint Charlie
Dec 30th, 2009As a former crossing point between West and East Berlin during the time of the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie is undoubtedly one of Berlin?s most popular tourist destinations. And while the museum associated with the site is full of interesting...
Read more »Nefertiti to Remain in Berlin
Dec 23rd, 2009After continued demands from Egypt, one of the most prized artifacts in the collection of Berlin's Neues Museum, the Nefertiti bust, will remain in the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection. Egyptian authorities have claimed that the famed...
Read more »Explore Berlin's History on Google Earth
Dec 13th, 2009Now that the good people at Google Earth have allowed us to take an exploratory walk on the moon, we're glad they've set their sights back onto our humble planet. Berlin is one of several cities in the world whose features have been expanded not only...
Read more »Winter Season in Berlin
Dec 1st, 2009The winter season is one of the most beautiful times of the year to travel throughout Europe as each city is lit up with thousands of sparkling lights. While it looks like snow is unfortunately not on the menu for the near future in Berlin (though...
Read more »Two New Michelin Stars for Berlin
Nov 19th, 2009Two Berlin restaurants have been newly awarded a single star in the prestigious Michelin restaurant guide for 2010. The recognized restaurants are Die Quadriga at the Brandengurger Hof hotel at Eislebener Strasse 14 and Reinstoff at Schlegelstrasse...
Read more »Eyes on Berlin
Nov 12th, 2009World leaders and Berliners alike gathered in the German capital on Monday November 9th in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The gathering took place in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate, in front of which once...
Read more »The Berlin Wall hits Twitter
Oct 22nd, 2009As part of the continuing festivities of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the the Berlin Wall, the city of Berlin has launched a unique online platform for open discussion. The Berlin Twitter Wall allows users of the popular online service...
Read more »The Mystery of Hitler's Skull
Oct 6th, 2009The story of Berlin is inextricably linked to the history of the Second World War, the Nazi rule, and its leader Adolf Hitler. As the Soviet forces closed in on Berlin, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker by swallowing a cyanide pill and then...
Read more »World Championships Wrap Up
Aug 23rd, 2009After an exciting week of sport in Berlin, the World Championships of Athletics have wrapped up their 12th year. The Olympiastadion (which was recently renovated for the 2006 FIFA World Cup) proved a fantastic venue for the athletes and spectators,...
Read more »Don't worry, be curry!
Aug 18th, 2009If there's one snack worth trying in Berlin, it's got to be the currywurst. This diced sausage dunked in a curry-ketchup sauce is probably the cheapest and most popular street food in Germany. In fact, according to AFP News, Germans devour an...
Read more »Knut to stay in Berlin
Jul 28th, 2009Celebrity bear Knut will remain in the Berlin Zoo, after a financial dispute with the Neumuenster Zoo was settled earlier this month. Knut's father was on loan in Berlin from the Neumuenster Zoo when Knut was born, but in 2006 the polar bear cub...
Read more »Germans Go Pooch-Crazy
Jul 27th, 2009It seems Germans have a truly special place in their heart for their canine companions, spending over 5 billion euro per year on pampering the four-legged friends, according to thelocal.de website. Dog lovers have turned to specialist pet...
Read more »Berlin's Alternative Paper Route
Jun 16th, 2009Berlin's alternative paper route - Papergirl - has been turning a lot of heads lately, not least the New York Times which recently reported on the adventures of the original Papergirl, Aisha Ronniger. When postering became illegal in Berlin,...
Read more »Haute History
Jun 11th, 2009Berlin's top leather fashion designer recently unveiled his newest collection. This season, Daniel Rodan has drawn inspiration from one of his city's most iconic monuments - the Berlin Wall, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its fall in...
Read more »Rare Stamp of Audrey Hepburn to Auction
May 26th, 2009A rare stamp depicting film star Audrey Hepburn is up for auction in Berlin, where its minimum bid price will be thirty thousand euros. Only five copies of the stamp exist, as the original fourteen million printed in 2001 were destroyed by the...
Read more »Anatomy Artist Stirs up Controversy (again)
May 8th, 2009German anatomy artist, Gunther von Hagens, has just opened a new exhibition at Postbanhof entitled "The Cycle of Life". Von Hagen has gained international notoriety as his work is focused on the human anatomy with preserved human bodies on display....
Read more »Follow the Easter Egg Through Europe
Apr 2nd, 2009Would you enjoy a free holiday in Amsterdam? HostelBookers is offering just that for all avid Twitter fans out there. Log on to HostelBookers Easter Egg Competition on the Twitter networking site, and you could soon be savouring the city of canals...
Read more »New Air Berlin Flights
Feb 26th, 2009Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline will open new European connections in summer 2009. The new flights include Cracow and Oslo. Planes will be flying to Cracow on every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from Berlin-Tegel airport....
Read more »Back To Where It All Began...
Jan 29th, 2009If we told you that this multicultural, energetic city of diversities was once divided into two, totally separate worlds of terror and fear, would you believe us? Berlin Wall, the symbol of diversion fell down in 1989 marking the end of communist...
Read more »Berlin Wall Christmas Trees
Dec 17th, 2008It's been 18 years since Germany reunified. And it's been a good time not only for the society, but also for several thousands of beautiful pine trees, which have been growing in a part of Berlin Wall called "the death strip". The strip was used as a...
Read more »The U.S. Election Fever
Nov 5th, 2008Go on - show us one city that didn't party after yesterday's election. Berlin certainly wasn't one of them. Whether young or mature, hip or sedate, German or American - everybody had a blast! Except for the republicans maybe... Two weeks before...
Read more »The New Old Berlin Wall
Oct 17th, 2008Who would've thought, 19 years ago, that anyone would want to restore the concrete symbol of the Cold War, the barrier that divided East Berlin from its West part... The Berlin Wall fell down in 1989 - the event was considered to be the fall of...
Read more »New Beethoven Piece Discovered in Berlin
Sep 10th, 2008An Australian musicologist has uncovered what he believes is the last piano work ever written by Ludwig Van Beethoven in a Berlin library. Peter McCallam, professor of musicology at Sydney University made the discovery whilst studying Beethoven's...
Read more »Communist Bunker Open To Public
Aug 4th, 2008Completed in 1983, a three storey underground bunker, designed to house East-German communist officials in the event of a nuclear attack, has opened just north of Berlin. The bunker, built in a forested area 25km from the city, was the most...
Read more »Wax Hitler Decapitated
Jul 9th, 2008Well it didn't take Nostradamus to predict that the wax effigy of Hitler, unleashed upon the public at the weekend courtesy of the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds, would find its way back into the headlines before long - but even the Berlin Life...
Read more »Wax Hitler Causes Controversy
Jun 2nd, 2008With the new Berlin branch of the famous Madame Tussauds waxwork museum due to open soon in the capital, one planned exhibit was always likely to stir controversy. The effigy in question of course is none other than Adolf Hitler, the notorious...
Read more »Holocaust Train Passes Through Berlin
Apr 17th, 2008A vintage 1921 locomotive train hauling four carriages arrived in Berlin Ostbahnhof station earlier this week, its cargo not passengers but rather haunting images and poignant last letters of the child victims of the Holocaust. 'The Train of...
Read more »Even Gay People Grow Old
Mar 18th, 2008Yes, it's been scientifically proven that gay people grow old too, but whereas proudly painting the town pink might be encouraged in trendy young clubs and culture hotspots what's one to do when one gets old and grey? Behind this flippant opening,...
Read more »Heartbreak Hits Berlin
Oct 24th, 2007Ever wondered what to do with that lip-stick smothered poem and terrible Winnie the Pooh tie, which the ex-love of your live (Cecilia was it?) gave to you? You can't throw them out, it would be consigning an important part of your history to the...
Read more »Valkyrie Scenes To Be Reshot
Oct 11th, 2007Oh dear, oh dear, it seems that nothing is quite going according to plan for Tom Cruise and his latest venture onto Celluloid, Valkyrie - the story of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg's failed assassination attempt on Hitler. There was...
Read more »Cruise, Controversy and Nazis in Berlin
Sep 10th, 2007Swastika flags have been flying high over Berlin in recent days, and Nazi uniforms are once more marching imperialistically through the city. No wonder then that Tom Cruise's new film, Valkyrie is causing quite a controversy. The legacy of the...
Read more »Love Parade A Success In Essen
Aug 27th, 2007It must have been with a mixture of pride and pain that residents of Berlin read up on the weekend news this monday. The child that they had brought into the world and lovingly nurtured for eighteen years had flown the nest and successfully landed on...
Read more »Soviet Bomb Found In Berlin
Aug 2nd, 2007Berlin construction worker Jens Hoehme got a scare recently whilst operating his digger. Encountering something hard and unyielding he decided to proceed with caution, scraping off the dirt of what was barring his way. Expecting to find a water main...
Read more »Love Parade Leaves Berlin
Jul 17th, 2007After failing to reach an agreement with the city council, it seems the Love Parade organisers have had no choice but to bid a teary farewell to the event's spiritual home Berlin... Yes, that's right folks, the Love Parade has packed it's bags and...
Read more »Berlin Bikes Ahead
Jul 2nd, 2007Two years ago, the powers that be in Berlin decreed that cyclists should make up 15% of city traffic by 2010 and, in fact, results just in show that the German capital is ahead of target. 400,000 bikers take to the roads every day, more than double...
Read more »Knut Grows Up
Jun 4th, 2007The fact that a polar bear cub is growing up might not be considered a news worthy item in most cities, but then this isn't most cities and this isn't most polar bear cubs. Knut became one of Berlin's most talked about celebrities when his mother...
Read more »Tresor Returns to Berlin!
May 9th, 2007Well it's been an up and down year for fans of dance music in Berlin. First there was the sad news that the Love Parade would be moving elsewhere in 2007, causing technoheads untold misery and anguish, but just recently surfaced a rumour that would...
Read more »Where is the Love?
Mar 6th, 2007It seems that the triumphant return of the Love Parade to Berlin in 2006, after three years in the wilderness, was shortlived indeed. Despite great optimism emanating from the Love Parade camp earlier this year it seems that the event will not be...
Read more »Rolling Stones Rock Berlinale
Feb 6th, 2007Veteran musicians, the Rolling Stones, are touching down in the capital tomorrow to attend the premiere of Martin Scorsese's rockumentary "Shine A Light", about the band. The film is sure to set the appropriate tone of this year's Berlin Film...
Read more »Berlinale back for 2007
Jan 23rd, 2007Berlin's prestigious 'Berlinale' Film Festival returns to the capital for another year this February. As usual a wide selection of films from across the globe have been chosen to compete for the much-sought-after Golden Bear awards, and once more...
Read more »Don't stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
Dec 4th, 2006A wave of panic has swept Berlin in recent days as rumours have spread about proposed new legislation banning smoking from public places. More so than the rest of Germany Berlin has a love affair with smoking that can be traced back to 'The Golden...
Read more »Mosque Building Boom
Oct 31st, 2006Berlin's moderately sized Muslim community is set to benefit from a Mosque building-boom, which will create better conditions for worship and prayer for the city's 210,000 Muslims. Currently, a space shortfall exists within the city's 76 mosques...
Read more »Smoking Ban in Berlin?
Oct 31st, 2006Smokers will feel the pinch of Berlin's incoming government's policy on smoking, after it committed to propose legislation to ban smoking in the city's bars, cafes and public places. Germany supposedly lags behind other European Union member...
Read more »Berlin's Culture Under Threat
Oct 25th, 2006Berlin's vibrant arts and culture scene may face a dismal future due to a court ruling last week denying the German capital federal support to pay off its 60 billion Euro debt. The theatres, galleries, opera houses and concert halls that have...
Read more »Polanski's Vampires in Berlin
Oct 12th, 2006Berlin - Roman Polanski is bringing his cult classic musical Dance of the Vampires to Berlin, where it will premiere in the Theatre Des Westens. The German musical version of his film the Fearless Vampire Killers has proved to be a big hit since its...
Read more »Berlin exhibition stirs painful memories
Aug 15th, 2006Even before it opened its doors, the exhibition "Forced Paths" attracted a lot of controversy in the German and Polish media. The aim of the organisers of the exhibition at the Kronprinzenpalais on Berlin's Unter Den Linden Avenue is...
Read more »Berlin theatre cutting it fine
Aug 10th, 2006Bertolt Brecht's "Three Penny Opera" is supposed to open Friday in Berlin, 50 years after the playwright's death. There's just one problem: the newly renovated theater isn't safe for the public yet. In honor of Bertolt Brecht Year, one of his...
Read more »Controversial Exhibition opens in Berlin
Aug 10th, 2006Organized by the conservative German League of Expellees, a controversial exhibition highlighting forced migration, displacement and genocide in Europe in the 20th century opens its doors in Berlin Thursday. Called "Paths Unchosen," the exhibition...
Read more »Gypsies groups clamour for Holocaust memorial
Aug 9th, 2006BRADLEY (EJP)--- For well over a decade, the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (CCGSR), which represents the two primary Gypsy groups living in Europe today, have been petitioning the German government to build a memorial in Berlin that would...
Read more »Berlin 2009 kicks into gear
Aug 9th, 2006Gothenburg, Sweden - For those who read on, no you haven?t overslept and missed the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, or the Beijing Olympics of 2008 for that matter. Today, the hosts of the 12th edition of the IAAF World Championships in...
Read more »Russian Jewish immigration poses questions
Aug 8th, 2006BERLIN (EJP)--- Over the last 15 years more than 200,000 Jews have immigrated to Germany from the former Soviet Union (CIS). Recent statistics compiled on behalf of the German government show that 205,905 Jews came from the CIS to Germany...
Read more »Budget flights under threat?
Aug 8th, 2006BERLIN, August 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Berlin Wins the First Part of the BDF Exemplary Case Concerning Subsidies for Ryanair The business model of Luebeck Airport has begun to sway. On behalf of all members of the Federation of German Airlines...
Read more »Berliners protest agains war
Aug 7th, 2006Last Friday evening the Palestinian community and other Arab organizations in Berlin called a vigil in the centre of West Berlin attended by over 500 people to protest the Israeli assault on Lebanon. Moments of silence were held in the course of...
Read more »Berlin Opera reaching new highs
Aug 1st, 2006A Berlin opera house is encouraging its audience to get high along with the actors while watching a new opera. The Neuk?llner Opera House says smoking a joint will enhance the psychedelic experience of Camille Saint-Saens' play, 'The Oriental...
Read more »Lebanon question challenges Germany
Jul 26th, 2006The memory of the Holocaust is fuelling a debate in Germany over involvement in a Lebanon peace force, even before practical steps are taken to create one. German newspapers on Wednesday aired a number of arguments for and against sending German...
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