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Barbie’s dream house splits opinion Ballerina Barbie, Vet Barbie, Mermaid Barbie, Tribal Beauty Barbie – since she was first introduced in 1959, the long-legged blond has been everywhere and… 16/05/2013
Protests disrupt the opening of Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin – nocomment Protesters staged a demonstration against a bright pink life-sized plastic Barbie house near Alexanderplatz in Berlin. They criticise the city’s latest… 16/05/2013
‘The Weekend’ reunites ex-terrorist’s friends and family After 18 years in prison, former terrorist Jens Kessler is being released. His sister organises a welcome home weekend with old friends – among them his… 10/04/2013
WWII bomb found in Berlin An unexploded world war II bomb was found near Berlin’s main railway station, causing long delays on main railway lines and the closure of nearby roads on… 03/04/2013
A spring bath for BerlinersSwimmers braved 3 °C waters as they took a dip at Berlin’s Strandbad Wannsee lido, marking the start of Germany’s annual swimming season. REUTERS/Tobias… 30/03/2013
George Clooney save the Berlin Wall plea A section of the Berlin Wall, around five metres in length, has been removed to make way for construction work on a luxury apartment block nearby. The… 27/03/2013
Earth Hour: millions switch off the lightsEarth Hour is observed at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, the Cologne Cathedral and in Frankfurt’s city centre (L-R) during (top) and before the lights were… 24/03/2013
Berlin helicopter crash kills pilot and injures 4 people A pilot has been killed four people injured in a collision involving two helicopters in Germany. The aircraft were taking part in a police training… 21/03/2013
David Hasselhoff’s Wall rescue – nocomment American actor David Hasselhoff has backed a campaign to preserve one of the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall. And in Germany, The Hoff’s name… 19/03/2013
The Hoff tries to keep the Berlin Wall standing From “Knight Rider” to “Baywatch”, David Hasselhoff has always been a hero. And now life is imitating art once more. The US actor is back in Berlin… 18/03/2013
Berlin Wall protests block luxury flat project A protest to save part of the Berlin Wall from being knocked down to make way for luxury flats appears to have paid off. Thousands of people had turned out… 04/03/2013
Protesters protect Berlin Wall gallery from demolition Protesters have blocked construction crews from demolishing one of the few remaining stretches of the infamous Berlin Wall. The famed open-air East Side… 01/03/2013
Romanian drama wins Berlin’s top award The highlight of the awards ceremony at the Berlin Film Festival was the presentation of the Golden Bear for Best Picture. It was won by Romanian drama… 17/02/2013
Romanian film ‘Child’s Pose’ wins Berlinale’s Golden Bear‘Child’s Pose’, a Romanian movie by Director Calin Peter Netzer about a domineering mother using her social position to try to save her son from jail, won the… 16/02/2013
Warm Berlin welcome for groundbreaking Kazakh movie For the first time in the history of the Berlin Film Festival a Kazakh film is in the official competition program. It was a triple premiere as it was at the… 15/02/2013
Lashings of angst in latest Berlinale offerings Banned in 2010 from making films for 20 years and sentenced to six years in prison for “propaganda against the system”, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, now… 14/02/2013
Eastern Western The Russian Berlinale entry is titled A Long and Happy Life but tells a grim tale of corruption, greed and pride. It is about one man’s abrupt coming of… 12/02/2013
Berlin gets sexy with ‘The Look of Love’ and ‘Lovelace’ British actor Steve Coogan and director Michael Winterbottom have reunited for ‘The Look of Love’, a biopic of British pornography publisher and night club… 12/02/2013
‘The Grandmaster’ kickstarts the 63rd Berlinale Film legends Jane Fonda and Isabella Rossellini graced the red carpet for the opening gala of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The opening… 08/02/2013
Unwanted Side Effects SIde Effects is basically about whether a wife kills her husband because a prescription drug had a strange side-effect on her, or whether she is just… 06/02/2013
Bears up for grabs in Berlin It has been a bitter winter in Berlin but to warm the soul and inspire the imagination there is the prospect of the annual film festival. And there is plenty… 01/02/2013
The Holocaust memorial day comes soonInaugurated in may 2005, the Holocaust memorial in Berlin often appears on symbolic pictures. Here, these two people jumping from concrete elements of the… 26/01/2013
Fashion the name of the game in Berlin Berlin Fashion Week is underway with more than 50 shows on offer. The Autumn/Winter collection of Spanish designer Leandro Cano, is one of the most eagerly… 17/01/2013
Berlin film festival opens with ‘The Grandmaster’ Festival favourite Wong Kar Wai is back with his long-awaited Kung Fu epic ‘The Grandmaster’. The fruit of eight years’ labour, it was selected as the… 11/01/2013
The best of Berlin’s graffiti The German capital is a magnet for street artists. They were drawn to the city when it was divided and the Western side of the Berlin Wall became a huge… 07/01/2013
Happy birthday Anori! – nocomment Wuppertal Zoo, in western Germany, celebrates the first birthday of Polar bear Anori. 05/01/2013
Zombie invasion of Berlin – nocomment Hundreds of Zombies invaded the streets of Berlin on October 27 2012, during a Zombie Walk (organized public gathering of people who dress up as zombies using… 29/10/2012
Turn it up! Berlin silent disco – nocomment Hundreds of people gathered in front of the iconic Berlin Cathedral on Saturday night to enjoy a light show and silent disco. 15/10/2012
Opera Lulu gets a blues and jazz makeover A new version of the opera Lulu has premiered in Berlin, with a score by Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth. It tells the tale of Lulu, an upperclass… 04/10/2012
Kite festival in Berlin – nocomment The kite festival was organised on the former Tempelhof airport. 22/09/2012
IFA Berlin: Eye-controlled TV and more The IFA in Berlin is one of Europe’s top electronic show, and offers us an idea of what we can expect to see in our living rooms in the future. Among the… 05/09/2012
Television tunes in to the future IFA, the world‘s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances opened in Berlin. Up to 1500 exhibitors and 240,000 visitors tuned in to see… 04/09/2012
Looking back at the Olympics 1936-1952BERLIN 1936 Jesse Owens spoils Hitler’s parade The infamous Berlin Olympics of 1936 are most often remembered for two men: Adolf Hitler and Jesse Owens… 18/07/2012
Bright, brilliant and birds at Berlin Fashion Week The Spanish designer Leandro Cano’s final touches paid off at Berlin Fashion Week. His attention to detail helped him win the 2012 “Designer For Tomorrow”… 09/07/2012
Lightning storm over BerlinLightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in Berlin, June 29, 2012. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski 30/06/2012
Berlin Gay Parade – nocomment During the 33rd annual Gay Parade in Berlin thousands of people marched from Kurfürstendamm to Brandenburger Tor. 24/06/2012
Risqué photographer’s hot shots German photographer Helmut Newton was known for his risque and provocative work. One of the most prolific photographers of the 20th century, Newton’s… 12/06/2012
Marc jacobs supports future designers He’s the creative director of Louis Vuitton and also runs his own label, so how does Marc Jacobs find the time in his busy schedule to support the work of the… 09/05/2012
Look no hands! Brainpower keeps chess in check In Berlin they have a unique way of playing chess. The player sits motionless and, as if by magic, his pieces move around the board. His brainwaves are being… 12/04/2012
Bremen’s bunker boom German architect Rainer Mielke has designed and built himself a luxurious, light-filled penthouse on top of a former World War II bunker, a bunker that his… 26/03/2012
Arab Spring at Berlin’s Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival has focused on Arab film-makers who documented last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and north Africa. The… 22/02/2012
A tale of two comedies in Berlin Spanish filmmaker Alex de la Iglesia’s “The Spark of Life” is a Salma Hayek-starring satire about an unemployed man who has an accident and then tries to cash… 17/02/2012
Premiers, a tale of two films Two very different films premiered at the Berlin International Film festival this week. The first, combines Nazis and space, a strange mix indeed but the… 16/02/2012
Interactive window shopping We have all heard of window shopping, noses pressed against the glass, counting down the hours till pay day but how about interactive shop displays? Well… 16/02/2012
Stars shine bright in Berlin Among the stars up for and collecting awards at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival was the cinematic tour de force that is Meryl Streep, who was… 15/02/2012
Jolie’s directorial debut premiers at Berlinale After waiting for almost three hours in sub-zero temperatures fans were rewarded when Hollywood’s hottest couple – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – arrived on… 13/02/2012
French Revolution film opens Berlinale It is the first major film festival of 2012. The agenda-setting Berlinale will see 18 movies competing for the Golden Bear this year including opening film… 10/02/2012
Contrasts on the catwalks of Paris and Berlin “Psychedelic elegance,” is how fashion designer, Dries Van Noten described his collection on show during Paris Fashion Week. Jean Paul Gaultier admitted… 20/01/2012
Europe’s New Year celebrations – nocomment The New Year was celebrated in cities across Europe with spectacular fireworks displays. 02/01/2012
Santa Claus takes the train in Berlin – nocomment German children in the Bavarian capital of Munich went for a special train ride on Sunday, with their attention focused only on Santa Claus who invited them… 12/12/2011
Second weekend of ‘Occupy’ protests in Germany Protests against banks and corporate greed took place in about a dozen German cities on Saturday. At the ‘Occupy Berlin’ demonstration inspired by the… 22/10/2011
Merkel covers up for rainy mass in BerlinGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and president of the Federal Council Hannelore Kraft use rain coats as they watch Pope Benedict XVI conducting the Eucharist… 23/09/2011
Germany: anti-Pope demos in Berlin – nocomment Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Berlin on Thursday to protest against the visit of Pope Benedict to Germany. 23/09/2011
A car with no driver A car really is driving through the Berlin traffic all by itself. The co-driver is only there to assuage the safety concerns of the German authorities. During… 22/09/2011
Berlin, cloud city for a while – nocomment Visitors are playing on the giant bubbles of the Cloud Cities exhibition of the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin. 16/09/2011
Berlin tech fair: pictures and sounds Samsung presented its new camera the MV800 at the IFA technology fair in Berlin. It is the latest addition to the company’s self-portrait orientated range… 08/09/2011
Jean Michel Jarre unveils 3.5m high speaker It costs as much as a house but this prototype is – according to French musician Jean Michel Jarre – the biggest and most powerful loud speaker in the world… 07/09/2011
3D TV without glasses stars at IFA fair It is a playground for lovers of electronics and home appliances. With over 1,500 exhibitors, the IFA in Berlin is one of the world’s largest trade… 06/09/2011
Katsushika Hokusai expo opens in Berlin A new art exhibition has opened at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin. Katsushika Hokusai was a famous Japanese artist, painter and printmaker. Born in… 02/09/2011
Berlin against sexism – nocomment Hundreds of people took to the streets of the German capital, many wearing very little, to protest against sexism and sexual stereotypes. 14/08/2011
Germany marks anniversary of Berlin Wall’s construction – nocomment On the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, the city has paid tribute to those who died trying to cross it. 14/08/2011
Berlin fashion week showcases promising talent A look back at Berlin’s spring-summer fashion week with one of Germany’s most promising designers, Guido Maria Kretschmer. Entitled “Stay another Day”, his… 12/07/2011
Pop-up restaurant is a hit in trendy Berlin “Pret A Diner”‘s is back in the capital of cool for its summer edition. The aim of this short-lived “dining experience” is to offer high-class food in an… 11/07/2011
Berlin fashion week underground – nocomment Underground fashion in Rock’n‘Roll, Punk, Gothic and urban street styles hit the catwalk at Berlin Fashion Week. 07/07/2011
Christopher Street Day in Berlin – nocomment The Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin is a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lifestyles and denounces discrimination and… 25/06/2011
German anti-austerity protest – nocomment Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the German Chancellery in Berlin to protest against austerity measures and further conditions imposed on… 20/06/2011
Berlin cucumber eating contest – nocomment Vegetarian activists stage a cucumber eating competition in Berlin as government lifts warning on cucumbers, tomatoes and other salad ingredients imposed at… 15/06/2011
Berlin’s annual Culture Carnival – nocomment Hundreds of thousands attend Berlin’s annual Culture Carnival, a colourful multi-ethnic parade of dancers and floats. 13/06/2011
Hidden Art The American street artist Greg Haberny has come up with a very unique PR idea to raise his profile in Germany. For one week he has been hiding his artwork… 08/04/2011
‘Iranian Berlinale’ comes to a close As the Berlin Film Festival came to an end, its most enduring image remained an empty chair. It symbolised the absence of jury member Jafar Panahi, one of… 21/02/2011
Suicide Room shown at Berlin Film Festival Suicide Room is Polish director Jan Komasa’s debut feature length film and has screened at the Berlinale as part of the Panorama selection. 18/02/2011
Berlinale: Cinema for Peace The Cinema for Peace charity gala is one of the highlights of the Berlin Film Festival, attracting film-makers, artists, politicians and celebrities from… 16/02/2011
Coen brothers’ film opens Berlin Film Festival The 2011 Berlin film festival has opened with the Coen brothers’ movie “True Grit”, kicking off 10 days of cinema extravaganza in the German capital… 11/02/2011
Berlin Film Festival programme unveiled The Coen brothers’ latest film, True Grit, Ralph Fiennes directorial debut with Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and Wim Wender’s 3D film about legendary… 04/02/2011
Germany’s President promises ‘no German diktat’ in EuropeGermany’s President Joachim Gauck is insisting that the rest of the European Union has nothing to fear from Berlin’s economic dominance. Gauck says the goal… 22/02/2013
Kazakhstan’s Harmony Lessons shines at BerlinaleFor the first time in Berlin Film Festival’s history, an entry from Kazakhstan is in the official competition. Harmony Lessons is the debut feature of… 14/02/2013
Iranian director defies a ban on filmmakingA new movie from dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has premiered at this year’s Berlin film festival – but the man himself did not attend. Defying a… 13/02/2013
63rd Berlinale Film Festival opens todayFinal preparations are underway for the 63rd Berlinale film festival which will screen some of the best new European and international films. 17 of the… 07/02/2013
Egypt’s Mursi visits Germany amid disorder at homeEgyptian President Mohamed Mursi has arrived in Germany for meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. The trip is an opportunity for Mursi to show… 30/01/2013
Cloonatics queue in the cold for George’s new filmThousands of German wannabe film actors braved bitter temperatures at Potsdam near Berlin for a chance to appear in the latest effort by George Clooney. He… 27/01/2013
Heads roll at Berlin’s delayed airportThe chief executive of Berlin Airport has resigned a week after it was revealed that the opening will be delayed until at least 2014. The showpiece airport… 17/01/2013
More delays at Berlin’s new airport and it’s not even openBerlin mayor Klaus Wowereit has stepped down from his post as board chairman of Berlin’s new international airport after technical problems delayed the… 07/01/2013
Fireworks and festivities in New Year celebrationsThere was a raucous New York style greeting for 2013. In Times square a crowd of around one million joined in a spirited rendition of the song, “New York, New… 01/01/2013
Iraq president transferred to Berlin after strokeIraqi President Jalal Talabani is now being treated in Germany after suffering a stroke. The 79-year-old was first admitted to hospital in Iraq on Monday… 20/12/2012
Berlin marks 100 years of Nefertiti findBerlin is marking the centenary of the discovery of its famous 3,400 year old bust of Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti with a special exhibition. Some 600 pieces will… 06/12/2012
Hearse and corpses stolenA hearse containing twelve corpses has been stolen from a funeral parlour near Berlin. Two other hearses were also stolen from the same location but they were… 19/10/2012
US consulate in Berlin evacuatedStaff have been evacuated from the US consulate building in Berlin after an employee reported a strange smell coming from an envelope. A spokeswoman… 13/09/2012
Calls for Germany Hells Angels u-turnFollowing recent bans for several Hells Angels groups in Germany, around 300 members of the biking club took to their Harley Davidsons on Saturday to call for… 14/07/2012
Suspected Canadian ‘psycho killer’ arrestedGerman police have confirmed they have arrested suspected Canadian murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta in Berlin. Reports say the 29-year-old porn star was… 04/06/2012
Berlin police swoop on Hell’s Angels bikersThere’ve been furthers raids on the bikers’ club Hell’s Angels in Germany, this time in the capital Berlin. The sweep, on around 30 homes, was brought… 30/05/2012
Berlin airport opening delayed until March 2013Berlin’s long-awaited new international airport faces a further delay before opening. The latest launch date was June 3 but city mayor Klaus Wowereit now… 17/05/2012
Berlin’s new airport hit by fresh delaysThe opening of Berlin’s new airport will be delayed by up to three months owing to fire safety problems. The German capital’s Brandenburg airport had been… 08/05/2012
Germany to establish petrol price regulatorGermany is to set up a new regulator, with orders to help stabilise the price of petrol in the country. The body will monitor the pumps at nearly 15,000… 02/05/2012
What did you think of New Year? Rubbish!In cities around the world, after ringing in the old and ringing in the new, it was time to clear up the mess. Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate was ground zero… 01/01/2012
Revellers in European cities ring in 20122012 began with the UK pulling out all the stops to encourage the world to visit London this summer. A huge fireworks display on the banks of the River… 01/01/2012
Taizé gathering in Berlin attracts 30,000Around 30,000 young Christians arrived in Berlin on Wednesday for a meeting organised by the ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, France. The event, which… 28/12/2011
Power cut knocks out Berlin’s S-Bahn trainsBerlin’s urban fast train network was brought to a halt on Thursday by a power cut at a control centre. Thousand of passengers were affected by the latest… 15/12/2011
Russian protests spread to BerlinFour hundred Russians living in exile rallied against Vladimir Putin’s rule outside their embassy in Berlin. To send a message to the German Chancellor… 10/12/2011
Merkel, Cameron stress friendship amid differencesGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron tried their best to hide their differences on how to solve the euro zone crisis after… 18/11/2011
German police investigate railway arson attacksA criminal investigation has been launched into a series of arson attacks against Berlin’s railway network. In the last few days at least seven home-made… 13/10/2011
