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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.

On Independence Day 2020, the land of the free and home of the brave is facing severe problems, in part because of its President. But Anti-Americanism is just…

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. Later on Friday, the Bundesrat was going to decide as well.

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…

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 Berlin. So will climate protection and digitization.