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Contrasts on the catwalks of Paris and Berlin “Psychedelic elegance,” is how fashion designer, Dries Van Noten described his collection on show during Paris Fashion Week. Jean Paul Gaultier admitted… 20/01/2012
Europe’s New Year celebrations – nocomment The New Year was celebrated in cities across Europe with spectacular fireworks displays. 02/01/2012
Santa Claus takes the train in Berlin – nocomment German children in the Bavarian capital of Munich went for a special train ride on Sunday, with their attention focused only on Santa Claus who invited them… 12/12/2011
Second weekend of ‘Occupy’ protests in Germany Protests against banks and corporate greed took place in about a dozen German cities on Saturday. At the ‘Occupy Berlin’ demonstration inspired by the… 22/10/2011
Merkel covers up for rainy mass in BerlinGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and president of the Federal Council Hannelore Kraft use rain coats as they watch Pope Benedict XVI conducting the Eucharist… 23/09/2011
Germany: anti-Pope demos in Berlin – nocomment Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Berlin on Thursday to protest against the visit of Pope Benedict to Germany. 23/09/2011
A car with no driver A car really is driving through the Berlin traffic all by itself. The co-driver is only there to assuage the safety concerns of the German authorities. During… 22/09/2011
Berlin, cloud city for a while – nocomment Visitors are playing on the giant bubbles of the Cloud Cities exhibition of the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin. 16/09/2011
Berlin tech fair: pictures and sounds Samsung presented its new camera the MV800 at the IFA technology fair in Berlin. It is the latest addition to the company’s self-portrait orientated range… 08/09/2011
Jean Michel Jarre unveils 3.5m high speaker It costs as much as a house but this prototype is – according to French musician Jean Michel Jarre – the biggest and most powerful loud speaker in the world… 07/09/2011
3D TV without glasses stars at IFA fair It is a playground for lovers of electronics and home appliances. With over 1,500 exhibitors, the IFA in Berlin is one of the world’s largest trade… 06/09/2011
Katsushika Hokusai expo opens in Berlin A new art exhibition has opened at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin. Katsushika Hokusai was a famous Japanese artist, painter and printmaker. Born in… 02/09/2011
Berlin against sexism – nocomment Hundreds of people took to the streets of the German capital, many wearing very little, to protest against sexism and sexual stereotypes. 14/08/2011
Germany marks anniversary of Berlin Wall’s construction – nocomment On the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, the city has paid tribute to those who died trying to cross it. 14/08/2011
Berlin fashion week showcases promising talent A look back at Berlin’s spring-summer fashion week with one of Germany’s most promising designers, Guido Maria Kretschmer. Entitled “Stay another Day”, his… 12/07/2011
Pop-up restaurant is a hit in trendy Berlin “Pret A Diner”‘s is back in the capital of cool for its summer edition. The aim of this short-lived “dining experience” is to offer high-class food in an… 11/07/2011
Berlin fashion week underground – nocomment Underground fashion in Rock’n‘Roll, Punk, Gothic and urban street styles hit the catwalk at Berlin Fashion Week. 07/07/2011
Christopher Street Day in Berlin – nocomment The Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin is a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lifestyles and denounces discrimination and… 25/06/2011
German anti-austerity protest – nocomment Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the German Chancellery in Berlin to protest against austerity measures and further conditions imposed on… 20/06/2011
Berlin cucumber eating contest – nocomment Vegetarian activists stage a cucumber eating competition in Berlin as government lifts warning on cucumbers, tomatoes and other salad ingredients imposed at… 15/06/2011
Berlin’s annual Culture Carnival – nocomment Hundreds of thousands attend Berlin’s annual Culture Carnival, a colourful multi-ethnic parade of dancers and floats. 13/06/2011
Hidden Art The American street artist Greg Haberny has come up with a very unique PR idea to raise his profile in Germany. For one week he has been hiding his artwork… 08/04/2011
‘Iranian Berlinale’ comes to a close As the Berlin Film Festival came to an end, its most enduring image remained an empty chair. It symbolised the absence of jury member Jafar Panahi, one of… 21/02/2011
Suicide Room shown at Berlin Film Festival Suicide Room is Polish director Jan Komasa’s debut feature length film and has screened at the Berlinale as part of the Panorama selection. 18/02/2011
Berlinale: Cinema for Peace The Cinema for Peace charity gala is one of the highlights of the Berlin Film Festival, attracting film-makers, artists, politicians and celebrities from… 16/02/2011
Coen brothers’ film opens Berlin Film Festival The 2011 Berlin film festival has opened with the Coen brothers’ movie “True Grit”, kicking off 10 days of cinema extravaganza in the German capital… 11/02/2011
Berlin Film Festival programme unveiled The Coen brothers’ latest film, True Grit, Ralph Fiennes directorial debut with Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and Wim Wender’s 3D film about legendary… 04/02/2011
What did you think of New Year? Rubbish!In cities around the world, after ringing in the old and ringing in the new, it was time to clear up the mess. Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate was ground zero… 01/01/2012
Revellers in European cities ring in 20122012 began with the UK pulling out all the stops to encourage the world to visit London this summer. A huge fireworks display on the banks of the River… 01/01/2012
Taizé gathering in Berlin attracts 30,000Around 30,000 young Christians arrived in Berlin on Wednesday for a meeting organised by the ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, France. The event, which… 28/12/2011
Power cut knocks out Berlin’s S-Bahn trainsBerlin’s urban fast train network was brought to a halt on Thursday by a power cut at a control centre. Thousand of passengers were affected by the latest… 15/12/2011
Russian protests spread to BerlinFour hundred Russians living in exile rallied against Vladimir Putin’s rule outside their embassy in Berlin. To send a message to the German Chancellor… 10/12/2011
Merkel, Cameron stress friendship amid differencesGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron tried their best to hide their differences on how to solve the euro zone crisis after… 18/11/2011
German police investigate railway arson attacksA criminal investigation has been launched into a series of arson attacks against Berlin’s railway network. In the last few days at least seven home-made… 13/10/2011
Paris and Berlin join forces in euro zone fightThe French and German leaders have held another crisis summit on the euro in Berlin, as the EU’s lead pair attempt to speak with one voice. They agreed on a… 09/10/2011
Back in the Day: the reunification of GermanyOn October 3, 1990, German reunification became official. The date was designated as a national holiday by Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In 1989 a reunified… 03/10/2011
German Pirates navigate their way to parliamentThe Pirates are navigating their way to government. They have ‘captured’ 15 seats in the German state assembly winning 8.5 percent of votes in Sunday’s… 19/09/2011
Should Merkel beware of Berlin’s mayor?It is mission accomplished for Berlin’s Mayor. And having won a third term in office, Klaus Wowereit could be eyeing up an even bigger prize – the job of… 19/09/2011
CDU puts positive spin on Berlin defeatGermany’s ruling centre-right coalition has suffered its sixth election defeat this year yet Angela Merkel’s CDU believes it can still celebrate. In the… 19/09/2011
Berlin vote is another blow for MerkelThere is more bad news for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her conservatives are set for a heavy defeat in a significant election in Berlin. Polls… 18/09/2011
Germany’s Merkel faces fresh election setbackSome believe he could be Germany’s next chancellor. Klaus Wowereit, the mayor of Berlin for a decade, is tipped to win a third term in city hall today. And… 18/09/2011
Wowereit looks set to wow Berlin once againAfter 10 years in power, Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit looks set to lead the SPD to victory again in this Sunday’s state elections. Only a year ago many… 17/09/2011
German police question terror suspectsPolice in Berlin continued to question two men of Middle Eastern origin on Friday, suspected of buying chemicals for a bomb attack. The 24-year-old… 09/09/2011
Two men held in Germany over suspected bomb plotGerman police have arrested two men of Middle Eastern origin, suspected of buying chemicals for a bomb attack. Officers searched an Islamic cultural centre… 08/09/2011
Berlin nights ablaze with car firesThe authorities in the German capital Berlin are becoming concerned by a upswing in the number of overnight arson attacks on cars. Between Monday night and… 18/08/2011
Back in the Day: Jesse Owens reigns on Hitler’s paradeAugust 3. 1936. African-American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 100 metres sprint final at the Berlin Olympics. Adolf Hitler was keen to use the Games to show… 02/08/2011
Gay Pride festivals in Europe celebrate New York rulingThe annual Gay Pride festival in Paris, France, was boosted by a ruling in New York legalising same sex marriages in the American state. It is the tenth… 25/06/2011
Back in the Day: end of the blockade of BerlinMay 12, 1949. The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin after accepting that an Allied airlift rendered it ineffective. In June 1948 the USSR stopped… 11/05/2011
Iran wins first Golden BearThe hot favourite has won the Golden Lion at the Berlin film festival. Iranian drama “Nader and Simin – A separation” by Asghar Farhadi reveals a marriage… 20/02/2011
Green Week overshadowed by dioxin scandalGreen Week, the annual Berlin expo devoted to farm produce and food opened to the public on Friday. But over the plates of sausage and steins of beer… 21/01/2011
Berlin fashion zooms in on Romania and BalticsRomanian designers brought a taste of south-eastern European flair to the catwalks this week as part of International Berlin Fashion Week. 20/01/2011
Germany’s musical take on life with the WallA musical has opened in Germany that deals with what life was like under the Berlin Wall. “Hinterm Horizont” or “Beyond the Horizon” is based on the music and… 14/01/2011
Rare Hepburn stamps auctioned off for charityA rare set of 10 German postal stamps depicting the actress Audrey Hepburn have fetched 430,000 euros at a charity auction in Berlin. 14 million of the… 17/10/2010
Director defends film about Nazi movieJew Suess: Rise and Fall traces the story of the Austrian actor Ferdinand Marian, the man who starred in the infamous 1940 Nazi propaganda film Jew Suess. 24/09/2010
Yoko Ono opens anti-violence exhibit in BerlinIn her new exhibition, entitled Das Gift – a play on the word which means present in English but poison in German – Yoko One aims to confront people with the… 17/09/2010
New technology to make everyday life easierMaking everyday life easier, from clever coffee machines to touchscreens in the kitchen – that was the aim of manufacturers at this year’s IFA in Berlin, the… 14/09/2010
New-generation ebook on display in BerlinEurope’s largest electronics fair in Berlin was not all about 3D TVs and tablet PCs this year – Ebook fans will now be able to discover new, updated versions… 13/09/2010
New designer Tomaszewski dazzles in BerlinOne of the highlights of fashion week in Berlin was the debut collection of the Polish designer Dawid Tomaszewski. The newcomer studied under Vivienne… 14/07/2010
Airbus orders take off at BerlinThe Berlin Air Show has opened with a huge success for Airbus as it unveiled an order for 32 of its superjumbo A380s from the Dubai based airline Emirates… 08/06/2010
German economy stallsGermany’s economic recovery stalled in the final three month of last year according to new government figures. There was a jump in exports during the… 24/02/2010
Berlin’s Golden Bear sweet as honeyTurkish film “Honey” was the surprise winner of this years Golden Bear award in Berlin. Critics praised the powerful simplicity of the film about six year old… 22/02/2010
Polanski wins Berlin’s Best Director awardFilmmaker Roman Polanski was not present to receive a Best Director Silver Bear award at the 60th Berlinale Film Festival. Friends picked up the prize for… 21/02/2010
Polanski wins award at 60th Berlin Film FestivalFilm maker Roman Polanski has won the Best Director award at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival for his political thriller “The Ghost Writer”. Polanski… 20/02/2010
“Revolucion” in BerlinIt’s 100 years since Mexico’s violent and bloody revolution saw President Porfirio Diaz overthrown. The countries finest directors are celebrating this… 19/02/2010
Boos in Berlin for Nazi propaganda storyA German movie about the making of one of the most notorious Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda pictures has been booed at the Berlin Film Festival. Despite a… 19/02/2010
Iranian director banned from leaving his countryBerlinale has been overshadowed by the absence of Jafar Panahi, one of Iran’s most important directors. He is the honoury guest at this year’s festival but… 17/02/2010
Danish film Submarino going for gold at BerlinSubmarino is one of two Danish entries competing for the prestigious Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival. The drama is directed by Thomas… 15/02/2010
Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” aired in BerlinEsteemed director Martin Scorsese brings his latest movie to the Berlin film festival “Shutter Island” stars Leonardo DiCaprio in a psycho-drama set in a high… 14/02/2010
Polanski’s The Ghost Writer shown at BerlinaleAs the snow fell, the 60th edition of the Berlin Film Festival got underway, with 26 movies in competition, including 18 world premieres. In a nod to its… 13/02/2010
Polanski absent as new film premieres at BerlinRoman Polanski’s latest production ‘The Ghost Writer’ has premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. But while its stars like Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor… 13/02/2010
Berlin Film Festival beginsThe 60th Berlin Film Festival has officially opened in the German capital with jury member and Hollywood star Renee Zellweger among the distinguished guests… 12/02/2010
Berlinale celebrates 60th birthdayThe Berlin film festival is celebrating its 60th anniversary. 20 movies are in competition for the top prize, including the works of Roman Polanski and… 11/02/2010
Stars out for Boss at BerlinThe stars came out for the Boss collection at Berlin Fashion Week. Hilary Swank, David Coulthard, Matt Dillon, and German singing star Nena all posed and… 22/01/2010
Splits overshadow German far-left commemorationThousands have gathered in Berlin for the traditional anniversary commemoration of the deaths of Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht, the founders of the… 10/01/2010
European capitals welcome in 2010Berlin’s Brandenburg gate made a more than apt setting for Germany’s celebrations. Only a few weeks ago the same venue attracted thousands to mark the… 01/01/2010
Big in Berlin – Beyonce triumphs at MTV awardsThere was only one show in town as Beyonce swept the boards at the MTV Europe awards in Berlin. Since its release a year ago Beyonce’s album “I am Sasha… 06/11/2009
Berlin clinches Asturias prizeThe eighth and final Asturias prize for 2009 was awarded today. The category at the awards in Spain was Concord – an accolade to a person, institution or even… 10/09/2009
More train chaos in BerlinFor the second time in as many months, there is chaos on Berlin’s railway network, affecting tens of thousands of passengers. Three quarters of regional… 08/09/2009
3D comes of age at IFAIFA in Berlin is the largest annual consumer electronics fair in Europe. Essentially, this is where manufacturers show off their latest gizmos and gadgets… 08/09/2009
Check on runner’s gender angers supportersIntersexuality has thrust its way to world attention with runner Caster Semenya. Her gold medal win in the 800 metre event in Berlin on Wednesday has the… 21/08/2009
A stitch in time: Berlin Wall inspires fashionTwenty years after its downfall, the Berlin Wall is making a comeback – this time as the theme for a fashion collection. The world-famous grafitti that… 11/06/2009
