Berlin

It started four years ago. On January 1st, 2019, this publication, The Berlin Spectator, was founded. Now, I am closing it.

After two years of strict bans, pyrotechnical products may be sold, purchased and used again on New Year's Eve 2022 and New Year's Day 2023. But there are ban…

In Neukölln, our reporter was on patrol with cops on Christmas Eve. They tried to save a life and dealt with a shooting, a water leak and a possible burglary.…

Berlin's hospitals and doctors are under pressure because of an extremely high number of patients with respiratory diseases, flu symptoms and COVID-19. During the upcoming holidays, the Senate Health Administration wants people to go to hospitals in emergencies only.

When those hotshots with their loud motorbikes or cars drive by, they want to be admired. Because they love their noise so much everyone else has to be fond of…

It’s a long and arduous journey for many moving to Berlin. The dream of easily finding good affordable housing is a wishful fairy tale. Most must trudge through…

Streets and roads in parts of Germany, including Berlin and Brandenburg, will be affected by freezing rain today, according to the German Meteorological Service. The conditions could be dangerous.

On Sunday, the first day of Hanukkah, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal and Germany's Finance Minister Christian Lindner lit the first light of Berlin's huge Hanukkiah.…

In Berlin, experts are asking themselves one question: How on earth could the city's largest aquarium explode and devastate the Radisson Collection hotel? At…

In Berlin's city center, a huge aquarium with 1,500 fish burst in the early morning. A million liters (264,172 gallons) of water flooded and damaged a Radisson Hotel. The guests were woken up and evacuated. Two hundred police officers and firefighters are on site.