Road Rage in Berlin as Cyclists Clog Streets in Pandemic
It’s rush hour on a grey morning in Berlin and a stream of cyclists are gliding along Friedrichstrasse, the fabled shopping street that runs through the city center.
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Germany, Allies Mark 30 Years Since Berlin Wall Fell
Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.
Read moreDouble Vision: Once-Divided Berlin Still Has Two of Everything
Berlin is a city with two of everything, thanks to the rival sides competing during the Cold War to delight citizens with zoos, television towers or football teams.
Read moreWWII Bomb Defused in Berlin After Large Central Evacuation
Berlin police evacuated thousands of people from a central area of the German capital Friday and shut down the main train station as a precaution while they defused and removed an unexploded World War II bomb found during recent construction work.
Read moreBerlin Councilwoman Wants to Shut Legendary Berghain Club
A nationalist councilwoman in Berlin has been ridiculed online for proposing the closure of one the city’s most famous techno clubs because of its long opening hours as well as partygoers’ drug consumption and lascivious behavior on the dance floor.
Read morePolice Informant May Have Incited Berlin Attacker, German Media Says
German media report that the Tunisian man who carried out a deadly truck attack in Berlin last year may have been incited by a police informant.
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German Police Arrest 2 in Brazen Gold Coin Heist in Berlin
Some 300 German special police raided several buildings in Berlin early Wednesday in connection with the brazen heist of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin stolen from one of the city’s most famous museums earlier this year.
Read moreBerlin Attacker Amri Used 14 Different Identities
A police official says that German authorities knew of 14 different identities used by Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri.
Read moreSuspected Contact of Berlin Attacker Arrested
German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have detained a Tunisian man they think may have been involved in last week’s truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.
Read moreBerlin Calls Off Exhibition of Modern Art From Tehran
Plans for a major exhibition in Berlin of works from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art have been scrapped because Iran hasn’t granted permission for their export, the German capital’s museum authority said Tuesday.
Read moreBerlin Truck Attack Suspect Killed in Milan Shootout
The Tunisian man suspected of attacking a Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan during a routine patrol, ending a Europe-wide manhunt.
Read moreChristmas Market Reopens as Hunt for Attacker Goes On
The Berlin Christmas market that was ripped apart by a deadly truck attack reopened Thursday in a signal of the German capital’s resilience, while authorities across Europe kept up the hunt for a Tunisian suspect whose fingerprints were reportedly on the truck.
Read moreGermany Launches Manhunt for Tunisian Suspect
German authorities have launched a manhunt for a new suspect in the Berlin market attack that left 12 dead and nearly 50 injured — a Tunisian with ties to Islamic extremists.
Read moreLondon Raises Security Around Buckingham Palace
London police will institute road closures in the area surrounding Buckingham Palace when the popular Changing the Guard military ceremony is taking place — a security measure rushed into place because of the deadly Christmas market truck attack in Berlin.
Read moreMan Arrested After Berlin Truck Attack Released
German authorities called the deadly truck attack on a crowded Christmas market an “act of terrorism” that had all the hallmarks of Islamic extremism, but on Tuesday they released the only suspect, a man taken into custody near the scene, saying they lacked sufficient evidence tying him to the rampage.
Read morePolice Uncertain They Have Right Suspect in Berlin Attack
Germany must assume a truck plowing through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was a “terrorist attack,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, while authorities expressed uncertainty over whether they had arrested the correct suspect.
Read moreTruck Plows Into Crowded Berlin Christmas Market
German police say they’ve arrested a suspect believed to be the man who drove a truck into a crowded Christmas market in the center of Berlin Monday night, killing nine and leaving at least 50 injured.
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