The Latest Breaking News from Berlin

Germany’s car industry is losing its famous Vorsprung – and it can’t all be blamed on Trump and tariffs

It was once the envy of the world – but now its arrogance and failure to change or take risks lie at the root of its decline, says Berlin-based writer Konstantin Richter

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024

Frank Auerbach, leading figurative painter who fled Nazis, dies aged 93

Saved from the Holocaust by a sponsorship that took him from Berlin to London as a child, the artist later fell in with Soho’s artistic crowd including Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

Tens of thousands celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago with concerts and art installations

Tens of thousands have celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany's capital

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

Elephants can wash with a hose – and sabotage shower time, scientists say

An elephant at Berlin zoo used its trunk to interrupt flow of water from hose used by another elephant

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024

The Berlin Wall: a divide that once shaped German women's lives apart still echoes today

As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on Nov. 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

AP Photos: 35 years after the Berlin Wall opened, fragments of East Germany's border remain

Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin Wall and other sections of the frontier

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

It is vital that we cement London's status as Europe's leading AI hub

Between 2021 and 2024, more than $8bn in venture capital (VC) investments were made in London-based AI companies, more than in Paris and Berlin combined

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2024

Student Spends $1100 And Flies 15 Hours From Berlin To Vote For Kamala Harris—Here's What Happened

A woman from Berlin spent $1,100 and travelled 15 hours to the US to cast her vote for Kamala Harris, determined to make her voice heard despite absentee ballot issues.

International Business Times UK · Nov 7, 2024

Thirty-five years since the wall fell, Berlin is divided – over what to do with crumbling communist buildings

The 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, an event that powerfully symbolised the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and signalled the end of the cold war, is an opportune moment to take stock of what remains of East Germany (GDR) in the capital of Germany.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024

“The band played the Reichstag in Berlin to a crowd of 250,000. He went home and told everyone… They were more excited that somebody had won a tenner at the bingo!” The grounding experiences of Barclay James Harvest

Unrelentingly Northern in attitude, both parts the slow-burning band that split in two seemed happy with their lot – but is their story one of unfulfilled achievements?

Louder · Nov 6, 2024