“Today my fellow Americans and I rejoice with the German people. The wall is no more, but let us not take lightly to the threats to our freedoms, the challenges that we all face,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Berlin on Friday.
This Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. How has Berlin been commemorating the occasion? Find out in your KCRW Berlin News Brief.
If you are looking for a daycare, or “Kita” in Berlin, a new tool may offer additional help. Berlin’s Department of Education, Youth and Family launched a new online platform called “Kita-Navigator.”
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that some cuts to Hartz IV unemployment and welfare benefits are unconstitutional.
Berlin’s data protection commissioner finds Deutsche Wohnen guilty of saving excessive amounts of data on tenants. The commission has now imposed a record high fine on Berlin’s largest private real estate group.
“Am Boden Bleiben,” part of the international network, “Stay Grounded,” is calling on activists to block an airport in Berlin on Sunday, November 10. Their demands include abolishing short-haul flights and halting all new airport construction and expansion.
Daniel Flohr, deputy chairman of Unabhängige Flugbegleiter Organisation (UFO), said the strike would affect all cabin crew members of Lufthansa in Germany and all flights going in and out of Germany starting at 00:00 on Thursday, November 7 and going until 24:00 on Friday, November 8.
What was the soundtrack of the late ’80s, shortly before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall? In this episode of Studio Berlin, host Erik Kirschbaum explores the power of music and how it captured the spirit of freedom and united people in East and West Germany.
On Facebook, Giffey thanked the committee at the Free University of Berlin that reviewed her thesis and said she was continuing her work as the federal minister with great dedication and joy.
Over the past months, the AfD in Berlin says they have been met with around 100 rejections.
