Berlin’s revolutionary rent cap — success or flop?
- 23rd February 2021,
Berlin’s controversial five-year rent freeze — worldwide a unique experimental measure — is now a year
Berlin gentrification debate flares over Norwegian billionaire’s investment
- 24th September 2020,
Berlin residents are worried that billionaire property developer Ivar Tollefsen is buying up thousands of apartments...
Berlin’s new rent freeze: How it compares globally
- 23rd October 2019,
Berlin’s brand-new rent freeze (and cap) is hardly unique among cities with pressured housing markets. But..
Renters in Berlin are appealing to the local council to stop the sale of their homes...
Berlin sued over dangerous conditions for refugees
- 8th December 2015,
Lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Berlin’s social affairs minister over dangerous conditions for refugees waiting..
City’s 34-year-old mascot, Schnute, is ailing and apathetic and needs ‘dignified end to her life’, activist
Measles death prompts calls for mandatory vaccination
- 23rd February 2015,
Death of 18-month-old boy is the first fatality among 574 reported cases in the country’s worst
Germany has banned ISIS, but this doesn’t seem to have stopped ever more youth from joining..
Es ist Samstag, Stoßzeit am Checkpoint Charlie. Ich habe mich unter den jungen Männern mit Uniform..
The NSA, the BND, and the Stasi – how three dogs marked their territories in Berlin
- 26th October 2014,
Surveillance has a long history in Berlin, which might be why Berliners have been so touchy..