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
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 ... Europe • 01 Jul 21
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 ... Business • 25 May 21
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
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 ... Coronavirus • 29 Aug 20
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 ... Europe • 19 Aug 20
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 ... Business • 01 Jul 20
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 ... Business • 17 Feb 20
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 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
'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, ... News Lens • 01 Nov 19
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 ... World • 10 Jan 19
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, ... Business • 20 Sep 18
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
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
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 ... Germany • 20 Apr 18
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 ... New Year • 01 Jan 18
EasyJet takes on Lufthansa with German domestic routes EasyJet will start competing with Lufthansa's airlines on domestic German routes from Berlin next month, following its planned takeover of parts of insolvent Air Berlin. Business • 06 Dec 17
Tech industry flocks to Berlin as IFA gets underway Sony, Samsung and LG are among the technology giants expected to unveil new gadgets at the IFA trade show in Berlin this week. Technology • 30 Aug 17
100kg gold coin worth nearly €4m stolen in Berlin Thieves have stolen a 100kg gold coin with a face value of $1m from Berlin's Bode Museum. World • 27 Mar 17
Gun found in Milan matches one used in Berlin A gun fired at police in Milan by the man suspected of attacking a Christmas market in Berlin last month was the same one used ... Berlin • 04 Jan 17
Man held in connection with deadly Berlin attack German authorities have detained a Tunisian man who may have been involved in last week's attack on a Berlin Christmas market in which 12 people ... Berlin • 28 Dec 16
Berlin attacker reportedly fled through France The Tunisian suspect behind the truck attack that killed 12 people in a Berlin Christmas market last week appears to have passed through Lyon in ... Berlin • 26 Dec 16
