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Updated version, 6:33 p.m. For the first time ever, more than 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Centigrade) were measured in Germany on Thursday. By 6 p.m., two cities had broken their all-time temperature records. While Cologne and Frankfurt am Main came pretty close to breaking records too, Berlin was supposedly cool in comparison, with up…

This year's CSD in Berlin is dedicated to the memory of iconic figures in the struggle. They include Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs, a German lawyer who lived from 1825…

The Berlin Senate is waging war against pollution. It approved its 'air pollution control plan' today, which contains partially drastic steps against traffic in…

Germany's public outdoor swimming pools will most likely be crowded for the rest of the week. There are 25 of them in Berlin alone.

There are local politicians who strictly reject 'sex boxes' on site and who want to get the prostitutes out of their borough. One of them is Stephan von Dassel,…

Müller continued saying "this act and the historic experience connected to the resistance teach us that freedom and human rights need to be hard-won, preserved…

About a quarter century after the beginning of the information age, Berlin's main public transport provider BVG has developed the idea of bringing information, meaning Internet connections, to all of its U-Bahn train passengers. For that purpose, the state-owned company teamed up with Telefónica Deutschland, a communications giant.

O.k., let's rewind this story a little. Why would the Governing Mayor of Berlin play President? Well, because it was his duty. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier…

While 'AKK' did not want to become a minister, some of her party friends disagreed. As her popularity took a hit in recent months, they argued she needed a…

On November 1st, 2019, von der Leyen will take over the job from Juncker. The doctor and mother of seven, who is part of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian-Democratic Party of Germany (CDU), does have some time to prepare. Observers believe she will need it since she was hastily thrown into the ring.