Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is KCRW Berlin's Program Director, reporter and show host. She is a veteran American journalist with German roots who comes to us from NPR, where she spent 13 years as a correspondent, heading the network’s international bureaus in Kabul, Cairo and more recently, Berlin. She’s won numerous awards for her radio work, including a Peabody and Gracie. She also received the ICFJ 2017 Excellence in International Reporting Award for her coverage of Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Prior to her radio career, Sarhaddi Nelson spent 20 years as a newspaper reporter and was part of the Newsday team that won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for covering the crash of TWA Flight 800.
The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is sowing discord as cases skyrocket. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson takes a closer look in the first part of this week’s Berlin Report.
Plus Berlin’s open air Waldbühne venue to reopen in September.
The package is aimed at helping member states out of the recession.
The goal is to quickly test and support the communities affected, with restrictions imposed on a smaller scale.
Travelers entering Germany from Finland will also no longer need to self-quarantine.
The man, identified as Gregor S., was convicted of stabbing Dr. Fritz von Weizsäcker in Berlin. He is sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
The idea behind the proposed ban is to ease noise pollution. Instead, the association is calling for better enforcement of existing laws governing speeding and motorcycle exhaust systems.
Those who fail to cover their nose and mouth while riding public transit face a fine of 50 euros.
Local police are also asking the victim of an attack on June 25 near Teufelsberg to come forward.
The manufacturer has reportedly decided to expand its factory in Bratislava instead.
