New Year

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 zones. Berlin has three of them.

Whenever the end of the year nears, the old argument about banning the sale and use of pyrotechnical products returns. Those of us who are tired of discussions…

Berlin's new Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey visited a fire department and a police station on New Year's Eve. She was informed about today's large operation.…

In his first new year's speech as Chancellor, Olaf Scholz asked the nation to stick together in order to defeat the Coronavirus in 2022. He also asked for people's understanding in regard to Germany's Corona restrictions.

For New Year's Eve, Berlin put in place firecracker bans in dozens of areas, on top of the firecracker sales ban which applies in all of Germany. The main goal…

New Year's Eve is some six weeks away. So far, the authorities have not decided whether there will be a sales ban on pyrotechnical products, as there was last…

In Germany, First Ministers, First Mayors and the Governing Mayor of Berlin used their New Year speeches to remind people to keep on following the Corona rules. Brandenburg's Dietmar Woidke said endurance was required in 2021 as well.

In Berlin, thousands of police officers from several federal states were on duty on New Year's Eve. Luckily, there were less problems than anticipated, but some…

Angela Merkel just recorded her last New Year's address as Chancellor. She said this winter was hard, and it would continue to be. And she slammed conspiracy…

In the next 48 hours, thousands of policemen and policewomen will be enforcing assembly bans, Corona restrictions and 56 fireworks ban zones in Berlin. The Police Department prepared for two difficult days.