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Dalata Hotel Group to open second hotel in Germany

Dalata Hotel Group, which owns the the Clayton Hotel and Maldron Hotel brands, is to open its second hotel in Germany - its fourth hotel in Continental Europe.

Business • 30 Jun

People board an S-Bahn commuter train at Neukölln station in Berlin

Manhunt after explosives left at Berlin train station

German police were searching for a man after he fled a police check at a busy Berlin railway station and left behind a bag containing explosives.

World • 31 Oct 24

Team Ireland athletes wave to the supporters as they arrive into the Olympiastadion Berlin for the opening ceremony of World Special Olympic Games 2023

Special Olympics: Ireland's athletes set sights on gold

Ireland's team at the Special Olympics joined competitors from around the world as the Games were officially opened in Berlin last night.

World • 18 Jun 23

Workers and ground services are holding one-day strikes over pay at Berlin and Hamburg airports in Germany

Strikes ground flights at Hamburg, Berlin airports

Industrial action grounded dozens of flights at two major German airports today as security workers and ground services employees in the capital, Berlin, and in Hamburg held a one-day strike over pay.

Business • 24 Apr 23

The World Tourism Organisation registered an increase in international arrivals of almost 900 million in 2022 compared with in 2021

Tourism announces its return at Berlin fair

The Berlin tourism industry fair this week celebrated its comeback from the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic with strong demand that has so far defied high inflation figures.

Business • 10 Mar 23

Rescue workers help injured people at the scene

One dead after car driven into crowd in Berlin

At least one person was killed after a car was driven into a crowd of people in Berlin, a fire service spokesperson said, in a district of the German capital popular with tourists and shoppers.

World • 08 Jun 22

Public anger has been growing in Berlin over tenant rights and affordable housing

Berlin backs referendum on expropriating big landlords

A majority of voters in Berlin want city hall to expropriate major landlords to help reduce rents in the German capital, provisional referendum results show.

Europe • 27 Sep 21

More than 80% of Berlin residents rent their home

Berlin to vote on radical bid to fight housing crisis

Berliners are to vote on a referendum to force major property companies to sell thousands of their flats to the city, officials have said, as the election-year issue of high rents grows more charged.

Europe • 01 Jul 21

Germany's biggest merger this year will create a European real estate giant with 550,000 apartments

Germany's biggest landlords agree €18 billion merger

Germany's two biggest listed landlords Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen have agreed to join forces in a €18 billion deal that risks stoking tensions over affordable housing in the run-up to general elections in September.

Business • 25 May 21

A drone view of the construction site of the new Tesla gigafactory near Berlin

Sleeping snakes stall Tesla's German gigafactory

Hibernating snakes are complicating Elon Musk's plans for a gigafactory near Berlin in Germany.

Business • 08 Dec 20

Police removed a number of people from the protest in Berlin

Anti-virus protests in Berlin, London and Paris

German police have halted a march by some 18,000 coronavirus sceptics in Berlin because many were not respecting social distancing measures. Demonstrators also gathered in London and Paris.

Coronavirus • 29 Aug 20

A forensic expert at the scene on the motorway in Berlin

Man causes Berlin motorway crashes in 'Islamist' act

A man has caused a series of motorway crashes in Berlin, injuring six people including three seriously in what German prosecutors described as an Islamist act.

Europe • 19 Aug 20

EasyJet said it remained committed to Berlin but would have to make cuts to its German operations

EasyJet to cut jobs in Berlin, scrap German flights

EasyJet plans to cut jobs and the number of aircraft it has in Berlin and is proposing scrapping domestic German flights as part of its retrenchment over Covid-19, a German union and source familiar with the plan said.

Business • 01 Jul 20

Tesla nnounced plans last November to build a gigafactory near Berlin in Germany

Tesla told to stop cutting trees for Berlin gigafactory

A German court has ordered Tesla to stop clearing forest land near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, a victory for local environmental activists.

Business • 17 Feb 20

Tesla chief Elon Musk aims to begin churning out the firm's Model Y SUV and Model 3 cars as soon as 2021 from a German factory

Way clear for Tesla to buy Berlin factory site

German regional lawmakers gave the green light today for US electric carmaker Tesla to buy land just outside Berlin for its first European factory.

Business • 09 Jan 20

Tesla said it will build its first European factory as well as an engineering and design centre in Berlin

Tesla to build first European plant in Berlin

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said the electric-car maker will build its first European factory as well as an engineering and design centre in Berlin.

Business • 13 Nov 19

The Berlin Wall came down on 9 November 1989

'Everybody cried with joy' - the day Berlin Wall fell

Eyewitnesses to the fall of the Berlin Wall say "everybody cried with joy" and there was a rush on luxury goods like bananas.

World • 09 Nov 19

Berlin's panda twins meet for first time

Twin panda babies born recently at Berlin Zoo have met for the first time. While their mother Meng Meng was chewing away on some bamboo, the little ones sniffed around each other and lay together on a table.

News Lens • 01 Nov 19

The Berlin construction site where a WWII bomb was found close to the Alexanderplatz

World War II bomb in central Berlin forces evacuation

An unexploded American aerial bomb from World War II has been found during construction work in central Berlin, forcing the evacuation of surrounding areas.

Europe • 14 Jun 19

Four Berlin men deny giant gold coin heist

Four men who went on trial in Berlin have denied involvement in the spectacular 2017 museum theft of a giant commemorative gold coin called the "Big Maple Leaf", valued at €3.75m.

World • 10 Jan 19

Lloyds Bank is said to be is seeking a licence in Luxembourg to ensure continuity of service for customers based in the EU

Lloyds Bank to locate third EU subsidiary in Luxembourg

Lloyds Bank is looking to set up a third European Union subsidiary in Luxembourg to serve longstanding life insurance customers after Britain quits the bloc, a source told Reuters.

Business • 20 Sep 18

1,800 exhibitors will take part in this year's IFA at the Messe Berlin

IFA 2018: New tech on show at Europe's largest show

New smart and wireless speakers were the biggest announcements on the first day of the IFA technology show in Germany.

Technology • 30 Aug 18

Simon Coveney will address 700 business people on Brexit in Berlin

Tánaiste discusses Brexit in Berlin

Tánaiste Simon Coveney is in Berlin today to speak at the annual conference of German foreign ambassadors.

Business • 28 Aug 18

An area in the heart of the city was evacuated

WWII bomb defused after evacuation in central Berlin

Bomb disposal experts have defused a World War II bomb in Berlin after evacuating an area in the heart of Berlin including the central train station, a hospital and the Economy Ministry.

Germany • 20 Apr 18

There were colourful firework displays in Sydney, Hong Kong and London (above)

Tight security as world welcomes 2018

Revellers gathered in Dublin and cities and towns all over the country to celebrate the new year, while more than two million people in New York braved the coldest new year weather for a century to welcome 2018 in Times Square.

New Year • 01 Jan 18