The Latest Breaking News from Berlin

Tesla Not Yet Provided With Any Funding From Germany For Giga Berlin

Companies typically get support from Germany for factories. At times, Germany could cover as much as 45%. However, Tesla's application is an "ongoing process."

InsideEVs · Feb 15, 2023

Barenboim takes it day-by-day, balancing music with illness

At no time during his seven-decade career did renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim ever consider slowing down his frenetic pace

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Scot admits giving Russia classified documents while working at UK embassy in Berlin

A FORMER security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin has admitted handing classified documents to Russia, but refused to name his alleged…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 14, 2023

British Embassy spy in Berlin 'put lives at risk' when he sold secrets to the Russians

David Ballantyne Smith, 58, gathered a mass of classified information for Russia while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin

Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2023

Berlin Embassy spy ‘hedged bets’ during sting op with fake Russian officer

David Ballantyne Smith began collecting secret information from the embassy where he worked as a security guard some four years before his arrest.

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Argentine documentary about junta trial set for Berlin bow

An Argentine documentary based on hundreds of hours of audiovisual recordings of a seminal 1985 trial of leaders of the country's bloody military junta will make its international debut on Sunday at the Berlin Film Festival.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2023

German Chancellor Makes No Mention Of Iran In Antisemitism Strategy

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands accused of whitewashing the world's top state-sponsor of Jew-hatred and Holocaust denial.

Zenger · Feb 13, 2023

British embassy guard who spied for Russia filmed "secret" letter to PM, London court told

A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin collected highly sensitive information for more than three years, including "secret" government communications with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prosecutors told a London court on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 13, 2023

Fake Russians snared Berlin Embassy spy in sting op, court told

He is alleged to have received substantial sums of money in exchange for sensitive information from the embassy in Germany.

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Spy spent years 'collecting highly sensitive secrets to sell to the Russians'

David Ballantyne Smith collected highly sensitive secrets while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin and sold them to Russia for large amounts of money

Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023