After a week of frustration and criticism along the newly renovated Oberbaumbrücke, safety concerns force the transportation office back to the drawing board.
How many homeless people live in Berlin? Current estimates range greatly – from 6,000 to 10,000 people. That’s one reason why Senator for Integration, Labor and Social Services Elke Breitenbach is looking for volunteers to come together on the night of January 29, 2020. Breitenbach said participants will go around the city and learn more about the homeless in Berlin, in part so the Senate can better provide them with the resources they need.
One of Germany’s highest courts has ruled that two Berlin teachers convicted of possession of child pornography must be removed from civil service.
The AOK wants to see changes to the Patients’ Rights Act that would support legal consequences for doctors who deny patients access to their files.
On Wednesday, Berlin’s hospital association demonstrated outside of the Rotes Rathaus to demand greater investment in hospital infrastructure. The managing director of the organization said that funds are needed for technical upgrades, more digitalization and increased staff, particularly nurses in Berlin hospitals.
Among the measures being protested in the new agricultural package are regulations that reduce the use of fertilizers and phase out the pesticide glyphosate by 2023.
Car traffic on the Oberbaumbrücke is being reduced to one lane in each direction, while cyclists have widened lanes – measuring two meters wide – on each side.
The compromise reached by Berlin’s Red-Red-Green coalition has been praised by the Berlin Tenants’ Association and sharply criticized by both the CDU and two dozen real estate companies, construction businesses, and other organizations in the housing industry.
Migration to Europe is rising again. In September alone, more than 12,000 refugees arrived in Greece. This week on Studio Berlin: how is Europe tackling this challenge? And why can’t European countries seem to agree on a common approach to migration?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed that under the “current conditions” the federal government will not provide any weapons to Turkey, adding she is glad that this is also the position of the European partners.
