The Latest Breaking News from Berlin

Hamburg to Munich and Cologne to Berlin: £48 buys a month of travel in central Europe’s largest nation

A young tattoo artist from Berlin was detained while trying to go from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego despite having a valid visa.

The Die Linke star behind the party’s rise in recent elections says there is ‘real momentum for progressive politics’.

On election night, as the far right rose nationwide, Die Linke made crucial gains in the capital. But its supporters see the hard road ahead, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

"It’s childlike and melancholic in that children’s story way,” Bowie said

Berghain is hardly known for offering the red carpet treatment, and yet a number of high profile celebrities have been spotted in its midst in 2025

How do Germans remember – or forget – their colonial history and role in the Berlin Conference that carved up Africa?

This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.

Germany’s presumptive new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, faces challenges both at home and overseas following his conservative alliance’s election victory on Feb. 23, 2025.

Germans on either side of the voting spectrum in the capital tell Tom Watling they voted out of fear

While the far-right representation in Germany's parliament doubled in size after weekend elections, the country's left wing also got a boost at the polls. With 8.5 percent of the vote, they easily crossed the five percent threshold to get back into active politics. RFI's Jan van der Made reports from…