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Frieder Reimold, journalist who wrote AP’s iconic ‘East Germany opens borders’ bulletin, dies at 80
2 weeks ago

Frieder Reimold, journalist who wrote AP’s iconic ‘East Germany opens borders’ bulletin, dies at 80

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Frieder Reimold, a former Berlin bureau chief of The Associated Press German-language service who wrote the iconic 1989 bulletin that East Germany had opened its borders, has died. After months of overtime writing about upheaval and protests in East Germany, Reimold, who had by then become the Berlin bureau chief of AP’s German-language service, settled in on Nov. …

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American photographer Nan Goldin opens exhibition in Berlin with fiery speech against Israel
1 month ago

American photographer Nan Goldin opens exhibition in Berlin with fiery speech against Israel

Associated Press  

BERLIN — American photographer and activist Nan Goldin has used a speech at the opening of her exhibition in Germany to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza. Goldin, 71, said Friday she wanted to use her retrospective show at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin “as a platform to amplify my position of moral outrage” at what she described as “genocide in …

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The fall of the Berlin Wall: These photos show what remains 35 years later
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The fall of the Berlin Wall: These photos show what remains 35 years later

Firstpost  

Berlin, Germany’s capital, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this Friday and Saturday. While most of the fortified border was dismantled soon after it opened in 1989, remnants of the Wall and other border structures remain accessible to visitors today The evening sun lights remains of the Berlin Wall at the official Berlin Wall memorial site …

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Watch: Keir Starmer arrives in Berlin to seek new post-Brexit pact with Germany
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch: Keir Starmer arrives in Berlin to seek new post-Brexit pact with Germany

The Independent  

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Spain wins record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England
5 months, 1 week ago

Spain wins record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Spain is the king of European soccer for a record fourth time. Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 14, 2024. Spain’s Nico Williams celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the final match between …

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Alexander Zverev faces an ongoing trial in Germany during the French Open. Here’s what to know
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Alexander Zverev faces an ongoing trial in Germany during the French Open. Here’s what to know

Associated Press  

BERLIN — As tennis pro Alexander Zverev competes for a Grand Slam title at the French Open in Paris, he is also involved in a court case at home in Germany connected to his former partner’s accusation he caused her bodily harm. There’s absolutely no chance I am.” Zverev said after his quarterfinal match Wednesday that “everything is going OK …

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Poland’s new government asks Germany to think creatively about compensation for World War II losses
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Poland’s new government asks Germany to think creatively about compensation for World War II losses

Associated Press  

BERLIN, Germany — The foreign minister in Poland’s new pro-European Union government said Tuesday he would like Germany’s leaders to think in a “creative” way about compensating Poland for huge losses it suffered at German hands during World War II. The request was greatly toned down from that of Poland’s previous right-wing government, which had demanded $1.3 trillion in reparations …

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3-day union strike brings train traffic to a near standstill across Germany
11 months, 2 weeks ago

3-day union strike brings train traffic to a near standstill across Germany

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers started a nearly three-day strike early Wednesday in a rancorous dispute with the country’s state-owned main railway operator over working hours and pay. “The strike by the train drivers’ union GDL has had a massive impact on train services in Germany,” said Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman Anja Broeker. “We regret the …

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EU, Germany press Poland over 'serious' cash-for-visas scandal
1 year, 3 months ago

EU, Germany press Poland over 'serious' cash-for-visas scandal

The Hindu  

The European Union and Germany on Wednesday pressed the Polish government to clear up allegations about "serious" visa fraud in a scandal with politically sensitive ramifications for Warsaw's partners in the bloc. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser called her Polish counterpart Mariusz Kaminski Tuesday and her ministry asked Warsaw's envoy to Berlin to appear over the issue, officials said. "Unfortunately, …

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Germany orders Russia to close 4 out of its 5 consulates in tit-for-tat move
1 year, 6 months ago

Germany orders Russia to close 4 out of its 5 consulates in tit-for-tat move

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government said Wednesday that it has told Russia to close four out of its five consulates general in Germany in a tit-for-tat move after Moscow set a limit for the number of staff at the German Embassy and related bodies in Russia. The Russian government recently said that an upper limit of 350 German government officials, …

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Looking at Berlin’s present through its past
2 years ago

Looking at Berlin’s present through its past

Al Jazeera  

In 1994, Werner Egiomue, an elderly man with salt-and-pepper hair, sat in front of a camera in Berlin and unfurled his Afro-German family’s extraordinary history. I came across the Egiomue family’s remarkable story and many others like it when I viewed the exhibition Trotz Allem: Migration to the Colonial Metropolis Berlin in the German capital’s working-class Kreuzberg neighbourhood. There are …

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Today in History: November 9, Berlin Wall falls after 28 years
2 years, 1 month ago

Today in History: November 9, Berlin Wall falls after 28 years

Associated Press  

Today in history: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West for the first time in decades. In 1938, Nazis looted and burned synagogues as well as thousands of Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom or deliberate persecution that became known as “Kristallnacht.” The …

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After Covid-19, Berlin faces its challenging history
4 years, 2 months ago

After Covid-19, Berlin faces its challenging history

The Independent  

On the east side of Berlin, a few blocks from the Ostbahnhof, there’s an enormous artwork that recalls the most extraordinary year in the history of this wonderful, awful city. In November 1989 the Berlin Wall came down, but Germany wasn’t reunified until October 1990, so for 11 months Berliners lived in limbo. Since that first visit to Berlin, I’ve …

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