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The CDU are coming back? Time to say goodbye…

  • 1st April 2023,
  • by
    Ben Knight
After 16 long years of writing a politics column for Exberliner, Konrad Werner reflects on what
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As Seen In - Awkward Situations - Berlin - EXBERLINER - Feature Story - Germany

My six years on and around a Berlin stage

  • 18th September 2022,
  • by
    Ben Knight
From old outlaws to new icons: Ben Knight on his thwarted acting career, and the transformations..
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Deutsche Welle - German politics - Germany - Nazi Trials

Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer turns 100

  • 5th November 2021,
  • by
    Ben Knight
German Jewish Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer, who moved back to Berlin at the age of 88,..
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Deutsche Welle - Feature Story - German business - German politics

Berlin’s revolutionary rent cap — success or flop?

  • 23rd February 2021,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Berlin’s controversial five-year rent freeze — worldwide a unique experimental measure — is now a year
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Deutsche Welle - German business - German politics

Berlin gentrification debate flares over Norwegian billionaire’s investment

  • 24th September 2020,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Berlin residents are worried that billionaire property developer Ivar Tollefsen is buying up thousands of apartments...
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Berlin - Deutsche Welle - German business - German politics - Germany

Berlin’s new rent freeze: How it compares globally

  • 23rd October 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Berlin’s brand-new rent freeze (and cap) is hardly unique among cities with pressured housing markets. But..
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As Seen In - Berlin - Deutsche Welle - German business - German politics - Germany

Gentrification battle: Berlin tenants fight to save their homes from new buyers

  • 26th August 2019,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Renters in Berlin are appealing to the local council to stop the sale of their homes...
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Berlin - Deutsche Welle - Germany

Berlin sued over dangerous conditions for refugees

  • 8th December 2015,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Berlin’s social affairs minister over dangerous conditions for refugees waiting..
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Berlin - Germany - The Guardian

Berlin’s beloved bear may have to be put down

  • 6th April 2015,
  • by
    Ben Knight
City’s 34-year-old mascot, Schnute, is ailing and apathetic and needs ‘dignified end to her life’, activist
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Berlin - Germany - The Guardian

Measles death prompts calls for mandatory vaccination

  • 23rd February 2015,
  • by
    Ben Knight
Death of 18-month-old boy is the first fatality among 574 reported cases in the country’s worst
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