Germany

By suggesting the mandatory mask rule in shops and malls should be scrapped, the Commerce Minister of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania, Harry Glawe, started a nationwide debate last week. Many of his colleagues reject anything of the kind.

At several parks in Berlin, parties led to police operations last night. One festival was shut down. Party folks left a lot of trash at 'Hasenheide' park.

The discussion about changing street and station names in Berlin is not new, but the new racism debate triggered by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota…

Leipzig, Bremen, Berlin and Frankfurt have the opportunity to witness none other than Vladimir Mogilevsky interpret Frédéric Chopin. Critics agree that nobody plays like Mogilevsky.

The Berlin Bundestag just approved Germany's coal energy phase-out until the year 2038 as well as financial aid for the federal states affected by the decision.…

There are not too many concerts these days, because of Corona. But gigs like the ones the Kayan Project delivers have always been rare. The Berlin-based project is known for its unique blend of Middle Eastern music and songs sung in both Arabic and Hebrew.

The Californian electric car manufacturer Tesla has revised the plans for its 'Gigafactory' in Grünheide, an industrial area just outside Berlin, in Brandenburg…

Overcoming the Corona crisis will be high on the agenda during Germany's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in…

EasyJet is about to reduce the number of aircraft it uses at the airports Schönefeld and Tegel in Berlin and neighboring Brandenburg. Jobs will be lost. But at those airports themselves, the airline's return to the skies is being celebrated.