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Ensemble Intercontemporain: Unsuk Chin album review – rich and strange music of kaleidoscopic colours

Berlin-based Chin’s intricate music is performed with panache in this disc of three of her orchestral works

The Guardian - UK

German parliament chief visits Gaza Strip under Israeli military escort

The Federal Foreign Office and the German embassy in Tel Aviv expressed security concerns and explicitly advised against entering the Gaza Strip, according to reports.

Euronews

‘Deeply illogical’: this man’s life work could end homelessness – and Trump is doing all he can to stop it

After four decades of research and over a decade of federal support, Housing First’s Sam Tsemberis is ‘back to being an outlaw’ in the US

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Hollywood in Berlin: See the stars expected on the Berlinale red carpet

The opening night of the Berlinale belongs to the stars – and this year an unusually high number will be walking the red carpet, with a few high-profile surprise celebrity guests also expected.

Euronews

Berlinale 2026: Golden Bear contenders and the most exciting world premieres

The 76th Berlinale begins on Thursday with films from 28 countries competing for the coveted Golden Bear. Political issues are set to dominate the agenda again with many titles celebrating their world premieres in the German capital.

Euronews

Love stories of the Berlin Wall – couples reunited via tunnels, hot air balloons and zip wires

The people of Berlin woke on August 13 1961 to discover that their city had been split in two.

The Conversation

France set to clash with Germany and Italy as EU leaders seek economic boost

Paris is facing a Berlin-Rome axis in the debate over how to revive the EU economy. From eurobonds to a European preference and the Mercosur trade deal, competing visions are set to collide when the bloc’s 27 leaders meet on Thursday.

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Aid to Ukraine largely stable as Europe steps up after US withdrawal, study shows

The US has almost completely withdrawn aid to Kyiv but Europe has stepped up and massively increased support to fill the gap, stabilising the flow of cash. But a new report finds that the majority of aid comes from a small handful of states.

Euronews

European leaders meet industry heavyweights in power shift for business

European leaders are meeting industry bosses in Antwerp before an informal summit focused on competitiveness. Rome and Berlin push to cut bureaucracy, while Paris calls for Made in Europe preference.

Euronews

Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma – how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

An immersive account of how the inhabitants of a liberal city – including the author’s father – survived fascism

The Guardian - UK

Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Wuthering Heights hits cinemas, Aardman Animations celebrate 50 years of stop-motion classics, and the Berlinale Film Festival begins. Here's what's in store this week.

Euronews

15 Cities In The World Where Sleep Is Optional

Explore 15 vibrant cities where the night never ends! Visit locales with a unique atmosphere and discover why they earned the nickname "city that never sleeps"

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German chancellor visits Qatar for cooperation talks amid regional tensions

Germany is stepping up diplomacy in the Gulf as global alliances shift and regional tensions rise. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Doha stop comes as Berlin seeks energy security, defence partners and stability amid Iran fears.

Euronews

Mandy, Indiana: Urgh review – grimy, thrashing, purgative attack on injustice is the year’s first great album

The Manchester/Berlin band’s second album refines their industrial-club sound, as physical and hyper-detailed as being dragged under by a wave and admiring the flotsam

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Leonkoro Quartet review – vivid, intoxicating play from gleaming future stars

This young Berlin-based quartet impressed in a polished recital that built on Webern and Mendelssohn towards Beethoven’s enigmatic 0p 131

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Putin’s close ally sparks WW3 fears, says the only acceptable outcome is the ‘Russian flag over Berlin’

He claims it is about security, but it's bigger than that.

The Times of India

'Hard to understand': Indian CEO says his US visa for an investor meeting got rejected for no reason

Dhananjay Yadav, an Indian CEO, shared his experience of being at the receiving end of random visa refusals and said his US visa was rejected in Delhi, though he had an invite for an investor meeting from a close friend who is also an investor. Yadav said he had studied…

The Guardian - UK

Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin

From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years

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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

White Moss by Anna Nerkagi | The Old Fire by Elisa Shua Dusapin | The Roof Beneath Their Feet by Geetanjali Shree | Berlin Shuffle by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Fortune

German prosecutors’ raid on Deutsche Bank hurts the lender’s attempts to leave its long history of compliance failures in the past

Investigators combed through the bank’s Frankfurt and Berlin headquarters just before it reported record annual profits.

Euronews

Russia uses 'shadow mail' postal system to bypass EU sanctions, report reveals

Russia has been bypassing EU sanctions using Berlin logistics and lighter-controlled international mail, according to an investigation by German media. In response, the Ukrainian envoy has called for tougher enforcement.

Euronews

Deutsche Bank offices in Frankfurt and Berlin searched in money laundering probe

Deutsche Bank is currently the target of investigations by the Federal Criminal Police Office. Authorities are searching premises in Frankfurt and Berlin on suspicion of money laundering.

The Independent UK

Germany offers €1 million reward to help catch far-left extremists behind Berlin’s biggest post-war blackout

The German government unveiled a raft of measures to tackle left-wing militancy on Tuesday, including data collection and storage

The Guardian - UK

Pierre Huyghe: Liminals review – terrifying quantum visions in a notorious Berlin club take seeing beyond believing

This towering display projected inside a former East German power plant-turned-techno stronghold is a gut-wobbling mythological journey – it will leave you unhinged

Euronews

Berlin honours Levi family with memorial 'stumbling stone' plaques

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the victims of the Nazi regime are commemorated throughout Germany. At the same time, anti-semitism in the western European country and across the continent is rising at an alarming rate.

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