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Ryanair is under pressure. The Irish low-cost airline announced it would close several of its European bases, including the one in Hamburg.

Expatriates are usually known to live uncomplicated lives, unless they end up in Budapest. This is Gareth Hutchins' situation. Those Hungarians almost made him…

Four people were killed in a freak accident at 'Invalidenstrasse' in Berlin in September. Now the prosecution established what caused the terrible crash: The…

After the attack on the Synagogue of Halle, in which two passers-by were murdered, Berlin intends to step up its anti-terror protection. The plans include technical solutions for Jewish facilities and spots frequented by tourists.

When the so-called 'Acid Jazz' movement hit the British Jazz-Funk scene in the early 1990s, a guitar hero by the name of Simon Batholomew was one of its main…

Berlin clearly appreciates the advantages of speed traps. The city state recently installed several new ones in order to cash in even more. This is how millions…

Berlin's eleven state universities, 28 private and two confessional ones welcomed a total of 195,000 students today, for the winter semester. The biggest challenge many freshmen are facing is finding a place to stay.

In the early 1970-s, the Germans were finally addicted to their television programs. When the new episode of the crime series 'Der Kommissar' was on, streets…

The Minister of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Seehofer, has called the recent Nazi attack in the city of Halle a litmus test. In a…

Bereits vor dem Nazi-Angriff auf die Synagoge von Halle war die Situation auch aufgrund der steigenden Anzahl antisemitischer Zwischenfälle alarmierend. Anstatt den Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus endlich anzugehen, wird er von Beamten abgewürgt und sogar sabotiert.