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Ice Speedway Berlin Is Back On The Racing Calendar In March, 2023

Ice Speedway Berlin will take place in 2023, after spending several years away due to a global pandemic and other unrelated issues.

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Last minute festive trips for solo travellers from Budapest to Amsterdam

Berlin in Germany, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Edinburgh in Scotland, Helsinki in Finland and Budapest in Hungary are all great cities to visit solo in the run up to Christmas

Daily Mirror

Former lawmaker's arrest over suspected coup plot highlights Germany's extremism problem

Until recently, Berlin judge Birgit Malsack-Winkemann was giving speeches in the German parliament. This week she was arrested in a raid as part of a group suspected of plotting to violently overthrow the German government.

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Poland’s ruling party leader claims Germany is seeking to dominate Europe

Jaroslaw Kaczynski originally snubbed German offer of anti-missile systems before Poland eventually accepted them

The Independent UK

Kristen Stewart named youngest-ever Berlin film fest jury chief

Berlin (AFP) - US actor Kristen Stewart will in February head up the jury at Berlin's international film festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year, organisers said Friday.

AFP

Germany condemns Iranian execution over anti-government protests

Germany on Friday condemned Iran's execution of a man over recent anti-government unrest, called on Tehran to immediately end its violence against protesters and confirmed it had summoned the Iranian ambassador in Berlin.

Reuters

Kristen Stewart to lead Berlin film fest jury

Berlin (AFP) - US actor Kristen Stewart will head up the jury in February at Berlin's international film festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year, organisers said Friday.

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With vote ahead, Polish leader turns up anti-German rhetoric

Poland's nationalist conservative ruling party has ratcheted up its anti-German rhetoric ahead of elections next year

The Independent UK

Analysis: Germany's government looks inward as challenges mount, allies fret

In its first year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government has driven the biggest overhaul of German policy since World War Two. The next year could be even tougher, further absorbing Berlin's bandwidth to Europe's detriment.

Reuters

Flick to remain Germany coach despite World Cup fiasco

Berlin (AFP) - Germany coach Hansi Flick will keep his job and lead the team at Euro 2024 despite their crushing World Cup disappointment, the German Football Association (DFB) said on Wednesday.

AFP

Poland Will Place German Patriot Missiles on Its Territory

Poland is preparing to deploy the German Patriot air defense system on its territory, after Berlin refused to place this system in Ukraine, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Twitter. Germany last month offered Poland the Patriot system to help secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed and killed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany foils far-right plot to install Prince Heinrich XIII in coup

Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said was preparing a violent overthrow of the state to install as national leader a prince who had sought backing from Russia.

Reuters

Poland will place German Patriot missiles on its territory

Poland is preparing to deploy the German Patriot air defense system on its territory, after Berlin refused to place this system in Ukraine, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Twitter.

Reuters

Germany to decide mid-December on purchase of F-35 fighter jet

The German parliament will decide in mid-December about the 10 billion euro ($10.50 billion) purchase of the F-35 fighter jet produced by U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Tuesday.

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AFP

Germany's Bierhoff steps aside after World Cup exit

Berlin (AFP) - Germany's team director Oliver Bierhoff has stepped aside two years early after his country crashed out in the group stage for the second consecutive World Cup, the national association said Monday.

AFP

Labbadia back at struggling Stuttgart

Berlin (AFP) - Bruno Labbadia has rejoined VfB Stuttgart hoping to keep the Bundesliga strugglers in the German top flight.

The Guardian - UK

Tunnels review – subterranean escape attempt gets bogged down

Oliver Yellop’s East Berlin drama, half of a double bill, captures the claustrophobia of digging under the Wall, but never quite breaks free

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners celebrate changing of colonial street names in Berlin

Street and square in north-east of city renamed in tribute to figureheads who resisted forced rule in Africa

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Daily Mirror

Rome named the best city in Europe for a festive Christmas break

Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and Reykjavik have been named as the European cities British people most want to visit for a wintery Christmas city break this year

France 24

Germany struggles with influx of migrants as country braces for winter

More than a million Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Germany since the beginning of the year. The number of asylum seekers from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan has also increased. In 2022 alone, Germany has already taken in more people than at the peak of the migrant crisis in 2015. Currently,…

Reuters

Russia's Putin tells Germany's Scholz that Western line on Ukraine is 'destructive' - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call on Friday that the German and Western line on Ukraine was "destructive" and urged Berlin to rethink its approach, the Kremlin said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'We Deserved it': German Fans Reckon with Early World Cup Exit

In a quickly-emptying east Berlin bar, Eric Warncke is "disappointed" by Germany's shock exit from the World Cup, but says he already suspected it might happen. After a surprise 2-1 loss in the opening game to Japan, the team left themselves a hill to climb to make it through to…

The Guardian - UK

Max Beckmann self-portrait breaks German art auction record with €20m sale

Beckmann painted work in Amsterdam after fleeing Nazi Germany and shows him as younger man with enigmatic smile

The Independent UK

Max Beckmann self-portrait sold at German auction for $20.7M

A self-portrait painted during World War II by German expressionist artist Max Beckmann has been sold in Berlin for 20 million euros ($20.7 million)

AFP

Beckmann self-portrait breaks German auction record

Berlin (AFP) - A self-portrait by expressionist artist Max Beckmann smashed the record price for a painting sold at auction in Germany, when it was put before buyers in Berlin on Thursday.

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