Current Issues

Germans and residents with other citizenships who intend to take trips by car on Ascension Day or during the upcoming Pentecost holiday will likely run into trouble in the form of traffic jams. Berlin's Traffic Control Center and the General German Automobile Association expect a lot of congestion on Germany's roads.

Berlin has a big problem with Arab clan crime. Four years ago, the authorities started taking action against clans systematically. Berliners of Arab origin…

A big police operation against cocaine dealers in three European countries just took place. The Paraguayan National Antidrug Secretariat was involved as well.…

The Easter Vacations just began. Of course, this is good news. But the situation at BER Airport and on Germany's Autobahnen (plural) is not.

Europe and other parts of the world are in for another grandiose time change. Because the E.U. is constantly arguing about this, it needs more time for the…

Just a few steps from Brandenburg Gate, some 80 cyclists took part in a commemoration for Christian Jäger. The 57-year-old bike messenger was hit by a car on…

Berlin's bomb disposal unit was busy disarming an American World War II bomb on Thursday night. Beforehand, 9,000 residents had to be evacuated.

In Berlin, a cyclist died today shortly after he was hit by a car in front of the British Embassy. The 57-year-old man is the second cyclist who lost his life…

In the Berlin Brandenburg region and parts of northern Germany, many trains are still not back on the tracks. Damage caused by the first two storms still…

Just as one storm had disappeared, the next one came in last night. While Hamburg was expecting a severe storm surge, all 'S-Bahn' trains were stopped in Berlin. Several federal states were affected.