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Ex-German chancellor Schroeder’s Russia ties cast a shadow over Scholz's trip to Moscow

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday at an awkward time for the leader of a Western nation still dependent on Russian gas. The new chancellor’s position is not helped by an old chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, whose lucrative business dealings with Russia are…

France 24

Holocaust victim’s opera stored for years in trunk gets premiere at last

Grete Minde was a side project for Eugen Engel, a textile tradesman by day, whose daughter escaped to US

The Guardian - UK

Germans pin hopes on Novavax moving the needle among anti-vaxxers

Benedikt Richter, a 40-year-old teacher in the southwest German city of Kaiserslautern, long held out against getting vaccinated against COVID-19. He felt uneasy about the novelty of the mRNA technology used in two of the most commonly administered shots.

Reuters

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Two Asian Films Explore Burden of past Violence at Berlin Film Festival

Two southeast Asian films competing at this year's Berlin Film Festival explore what violence does to human beings, one through painful historical narrative and one through fantasy. Indonesian director Kamila Andini's "Nana" shows the impact of years of war on the life of a woman in the Javan town of…

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Horror Legend Argento, 81, Brings Gory Swan Song to Berlin Film Festival

A period of pandemic-enforced solitude and his actress daughter's enthusiasm led Italian horror legend Dario Argento, 81, to snap open his director's chair after a decade's absence to make one more of his signature gorefests. "Dark Glasses," the director's latest film, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday, reprising…

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You Can Score Return Flights To Berlin For Less Than $700, So Say ‘Hallo’ To Yr Euro Gap Year

Now's your chance to get into Berghain.

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Hundreds of public toilets in Berlin broken in gang's pursuit of coins

Berlin police announced on Friday the arrest of four men suspected of breaking into as many as 500 paid-entry public toilets to steal money from their coin boxes.

Reuters

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Life is (still) a Cabaret: revisiting Bob Fosse's groundbreaking film, 50 years on

In the 1970s, many critics and filmgoers had given up on the movie musical. While the mid-60s had seen the phenomenal successes of The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady, most subsequent attempts to adapt hit Broadway shows or develop new film musicals did not make back…

The Conversation

Russia and Ukraine say Berlin talks fail to yield breakthrough

Russia and Ukraine said they had failed to reach any breakthrough in a day of talks with French and German officials aimed at ending an eight-year separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine says no breakthrough with Russia but both sides agree to keep talking

Nearly nine hours of talks between Ukraine and Russia on Thursday failed to produce a breakthrough on signing a joint document, but both sides agreed to keep talking, the chief of staff to Ukraine's president said after the talks in Berlin.

Reuters

Ukraine: why a negotiated settlement on Donbas will be tough to achieve

Intense negotiations over the past several days seem to indicate that there might be a diplomatic way out of Ukraine’s Donbas crisis. After yesterday’s Normandy format talks between Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany in Berlin, all sides emphasised that, despite the lack of a breakthrough, discussions will continue.

The Conversation

Giga Berlin Production Start Reportedly Delayed To Mid-March

Even after the pending issues are resolved, further delays can be expected as authorities still have to issue an operating license after final approval.

InsideEVs

Berlin film fest opens, pared down but with audiences

The Berlin International Film Festival is opening with a new movie from French director Francois Ozon and a pared-down format designed to bring audiences back but reduce COVID-19 infection risks

The Independent UK

Latest Ukraine updates: Scholz warns Russia of consequences

Ukraine news from February 10: Olaf Scholz warns Russia of ‘serious’ economic and political consequences if it invades.

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The Independent UK

Diplomats meet in Moscow and Berlin as Russian drills held

Britain’s top diplomat has urged Russia to defuse tensions over Ukraine and take the path of diplomacy even as thousands of Russian troops engaged in sweeping maneuvers in Belarus as part of a military buildup near Ukraine that has fueled Western fears of an invasion

Asharq Al-Awsat

Berlin Filmfest Goes Live as Virus Wave Peaks

The Berlinale, Europe's first major international film festival of the year, returns as a live event on Thursday just as Germany faces record daily coronavirus infections. Organizers of the event, which started in 1951 as a Cold War culture showcase for the divided German capital, say a raft of precautions…

Daily Mirror

Millionaire in Bugatti speeding at 260mph on motorway caught after sharing YouTube clip

Radim Passer, who is said to be worth over £225million, powered his Bugatti Chiron down a motorway between Berlin and Hannover in July last year and police acted after seeing the video online

Bangkok Post

German-Thai relationship examined in photos

The charming atmosphere that connects two countries is presented during "German Traces In Bangkok, Thai Traces In Berlin", at RCB Photographer's Gallery 2 in River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung 24, until March 31.

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France 24

Diplomatic frenzy: How to prevent Russian invasion of Ukraine?

After Moscow and Kiev, Emmanuel Macron is in Berlin to huddle over Ukraine. The French president's host is also fresh off the plane. German chancellor Olaf Scholz is just back from Washington to host Macron and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. We find out if the three are on the…

The Independent UK

Conductor Simon Rattle receives Germany's highest honor

Germany’s president has bestowed the country’s highest honor on British conductor Simon Rattle, the former head of the Berlin Philharmonic who is set to take a new job in Munich next year

Radio France Internationale

Macron arrives in Germany as diplomatic drive to solve Ukraine crisis continues

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Berlin Tuesday evening for talks with the leaders of Germany and Poland on the Ukraine crisis, after a round of shuttle diplomacy between Moscow and Kyiv.

France 24

As it happened: France, Germany, Poland 'united' in goal of keeping European peace, says Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that Germany, France and Poland were all "united" in the goal of keeping European peace ahead of talks on the Ukraine crisis with French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda. Read our live updates below to see how all the day's…

Reuters

Ukraine to raise 'unfair' weapons issue during German minister's visit

Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock promised unequivocal support for Ukraine on Monday as she headed to Kyiv, which wants Berlin to do more to help it defend itself against a possible attack by Russia.

The Guardian - UK

Macron plays down expectations as he arrives for Ukraine talks with Putin – as it happened

Emmanuel Macron says he does not ‘believe in spontaneous miracles’ as he arrives for talks with Vladimir Putin

Asharq Al-Awsat

Group of 11 Climate Activists Glue Themselves to Berlin Motorway

Eleven climate activists glued themselves to the asphalt of the German capital's main motorway, causing rush hour traffic jams on Monday, in the latest protest demanding a law against food waste and cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Activists from the group "Last Generation", who also placed food on…

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