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Monday corona update

Today's corona news in 60 seconds

+++ Private party caps +++ Nationwide corona "traffic-lights" +++ Outdoor heating debate continues +++ the stats

Elizabeth Rushton, 23.09.2020
Transport strike

Your U-Bahn, bus and tram aren't running Tuesday morning

The S-Bahn will operate as usual but trains are expected to be full, as are Berlin's streets and bike paths.

Andrew Bulkeley, 26.09.2020

TiktokDo you know Bartmann?

The Australian teacher has become a Tiktok sensation in Berlin with a mix of accented German and cringe.

26.09.2020
KaDeWe

Subversion as a selling point?

A columnist known as a harsh critic of capitalism and the police is one of the faces of a new ad campaign for one of Berlin’s most iconic department stores. Not everyone thinks it's a good look.

Susanne Lenz, 24.09.2020
Fridays for Future

Thousands demand climate justice on Global Climate Strike day

A diverse crowd of schoolchildren, scientists and political activists took to the streets - and their bikes - to demand urgent action to curb the climate crisis. And did it while keeping social distance.

Elizabeth Rushton, 25.09.2020
Construction permit

Gigafactory hearing chairman accused of bias

As citizens air their objections to the new Tesla plant in Grünheide, environment agency official Ulrich Stock is being accused of waving the project through.

Jens Blankennagel and Kai Schlieter, 25.09.2020
Friday corona update

Today's corona news in 60 seconds

+++ Bar survival summit +++ Hot lead on corona antibodies +++ EU travel warnings +++ the stats

Maurice Frank, 23.09.2020
What to do

Three ways to enjoy (the maybe) last warm weekend

Animals in Schorfheide, fashion in Mitte, meatballs in Kreuzberg.

Andrew Bulkeley, 17.09.2020
Opinion

Greta was right: endless economic growth is a fairytale

Greta Thunberg was right when she called us out on our failures at the UN a year ago. It's time to step up to the plate and explore new ways to organise the economy.

24.09.2020
Charité

Have Berlin researchers discovered the right corona antibodies?

The scientists are publishing their findings and have already linked up with a biotech for industrial production. Time to wait and see.

Stefanie Hildebrandt and Andrew Bulkeley, 24.09.2020
Thursday corona update

Today's corona news in 60 seconds

Last orders for clubs +++ Eviction ban extension +++ Covid immunity exemptions +++ the stats

Elizabeth Rushton, 23.09.2020
Cheap beer

A Sternburg alternative that benefits everyone

Maxim Wermke and Markus Krönert want to sell you a cheap beer and donate the profits. You might recognise the taste and buzz.

Andrew Bulkeley, 24.09.2020
Tesla in Brandenburg

The big gigafactory hearings are up and running

The electric carmaker started building its Brandenburg factory without a permit. Opponents have submitted 414 objections on the environmental impact.

Jens Blankennagel, 23.09.2020
Interview

"What kind of perpetrator would just leave a bottle of nerve agent lying around?"

Sergey Y. Nechayev, Russian ambassador to Germany, in conversation with the Berliner Zeitung on the Navalny poisoning, Germany's Russian community and the state of German-Russian relations.

Michael Maier, 22.09.2020
Corona and the arts

"Culture has had a lot more support in Germany"

British sound engineer and Labour politician Olga FitzRoy – who grew up in Berlin – talks about how Germany and the UK have handled the pandemic – and of course Brexit.

Elizabeth Rushton, 22.09.2020
Wednesday corona update

Today's corona news in 60 seconds

Down the toilet +++ Berlin usurps Bundesliga +++ Meetings with mayors and state mucky-mucks +++ the stats

Andrew Bulkeley, 23.09.2020
Rent cap

Enigmatic Norwegian investor wants into Berlin real estate market

The Swedish real estate company of a self-made billionaire hopes to buy nearly 4,000 Berlin apartments but local districts have first dibs on the properties

Ulrich Paul, 21.09.2020
Corona lawsuit

Berlin's toilet-themed bar is suing the state for corona damages

The owner of the only "Loo" pub is just the tip of the iceberg of those claiming damages incurred during lockdown.

Katrin Bischoff, 22.09.2020
Defence

The German military has set up its own space monitoring centre

The Bundeswehr will be tracking the skies for threat to German satellites in North-Rhine Westphalia. No plans to deploy space weapons.

BLZ, 22.09.2020
Tuesday corona update

Today's corona news in 60 seconds

Two lights now yellow +++ Berlin has two of ten hotspots +++ the stats

Andrew Bulkeley, 08.09.2020
Foot in mouth

German politicians behaving badly

Friedrich Merz and Christian Lindner have trended on social media all day. On sexism, homophobia and lobbyists that are more expensive than you thought.

Andrew Bulkeley, 21.09.2020
Crime

A brutal racist attack on the streets of Berlin - K.’s story

A young Black woman talks about how she was violently assaulted by a group of men in Mitte.

Maurice Frank, 21.09.2020
Pay strikes

Day-care and nursing homes to be hit by public sector strikes

Unions and public sector employers are no closer to reaching an agreement on a requested pay increase. Walkouts are now on the way - and no sector is excluded from the call to strike action.

BLZ, 20.09.2020
Partying in the pandemic

Cops want Mitte to stop the party

Mitte's mayor is not happy with the growing number of corona parties in his district.

BLZ, 20.09.2020
Opinion

Solidarity with Julian Assange!

This weekend Berliners took to the streets calling for freedom for the Wikileaks founder at the centre of an extradition battle. German media should show their support too.

Tomasz Kurianowicz, 20.09.2020
Monday corona update

Today's corona news in 60 seconds

Infection traffic light yellow +++ Party poopers in Mitte +++ Hold the wedding +++ the stats

Andrew Bulkeley, 08.09.2020
Antisemitic past

Should Pacelliallee be the next Berlin street name to go?

Historians would like to see a second Dahlem street named after a woman. They suggest former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir.

Elizabeth Rushton, 18.09.2020
Covid-19

A virus that eats you alive

The long-term effects of covid-19 infection can be devastating. Patients are trying to regain their lives at a clinic on the Baltic coast.

Julia Haak, 14.09.2020
Opinion

The good, the bad and the expats

Berlin residents from other European countries or the Anglophone world are frequently called – and call themselves – expats, not immigrants. That choice of wording is more divisive than first meets the eye.

Elizabeth Rushton, 17.09.2020
Fatal accident

Firefighters face manslaughter charges in failed tram rescue

The men's efforts to rescue a girl from beneath a tram led to her death. But are they criminally liable for trying to work quickly?

Katrin Bischoff, 16.09.2020
The weekend

Three ways to beat corona boredom this weekend

Oyoun reopens with a festival; veggie/vegan pizza in Wedding; a trip to Peacock Island.

Maurice Frank, 17.09.2020
Q&A

Igor Levit didn't mind playing online when he couldn't play live

The Berlin pianist doesn't know what Beethoven was feeling when he wrote his masterpieces. He's one of our era's best pianists and is friends with some – but not all – politicians.

Christina Bylow und Christian Seidl, 06.09.2020

Criminal investigationIxthys in Schöneberg: Will homophobic Bible verses lead to charges?

The Bible is not banned in Germany so verses can be liberally used to decorate the walls of the popular Korean restaurant, attorney says.

16.09.2020
Mass transit

Berlin, this is your new S-Bahn

Few know that a new train will connect the northern Ringbahn with Hauptbahnhof in 2021 ... and the Siemens campus and maybe even Königs Wusterhausen.

Peter Neumann, 11.09.2020
Inclusivity

Is German a man's language?

Will asterisks or spaces make German a less-gendered language - or destroy it as we know it? Yes - and no, says our author: language has to become more inclusive.

Maxi Beigang, 12.09.2020
Renewable energy

Berlin solar start-up raises €15m

Zolar in Kreuzberg is setting its sights on international expansion.

Jochen Knoblach, 11.09.2020
Style icon

Berlin's oldest hipster wrote a book about how to be Berlin's oldest hipster

Günther Krabbenhöft has written a how-to book on how to live a good life. It's in German, but you'll get the gist of it in our interview.

Lukas Rameil, 15.09.2020
Green transport

New bike-friendly streets coming to Mitte

The district is planning three new bike paths with bollards, 12 new zebra crossings – but no new pop-ups lanes

Peter Neumann, 14.09.2020