Berlin Pensioners Seek Refuge at Caritas Warming Room as Heating Costs Soar

Berlin Pensioners Seek Refuge at Caritas Warming Room as Heating Costs Soar

Berlin – You have worked hard for years. But in the end, their pension is not enough to heat their homes in winter. For more and more Berlin pensioners, the only option left is to escape to the warming room. The Caritas warming room at Bundesplatz in Berlin-Wilmersdorf has long been more than a refuge … Read more

Berlin’s Relationship Scandal: Insights into the Prime Minister and Education Senator’s Controversial Ties

Berlin’s Relationship Scandal: Insights into the Prime Minister and Education Senator’s Controversial Ties

The relationship between Prime Minister Wegner and the Senator for Education concerns many people far more than Berlin’s actual problems – unfortunately. Two Senate members who have more in common than their CDU party membership: Education Senator Günther-Wünsch and Prime Minister Wegner Photo: dpa The press room in the Red Town Hall was nowhere near … Read more

Blankenberg Music-Film-Theater Winter Break and 2024 Season Preview: What’s Next for the Popular Cinema

Blankenberg Music-Film-Theater Winter Break and 2024 Season Preview: What’s Next for the Popular Cinema

Blankenberg. The music film theater in Blankenberg is on winter break. The plan is to continue with the concept that worked so well in 2023 in February. It is not yet clear which band will start the new season this year. In the coming weeks, the Blankenberg Music-Film-Theater Association will decide what to do next … Read more

Riots and Arrests in Berlin as Thousands of Police Officers Patrol New Year’s Eve Celebrations

Riots and Arrests in Berlin as Thousands of Police Officers Patrol New Year’s Eve Celebrations

This time around 4,500 police officers were on patrol in the German capital, where violent clashes broke out at the turn of the year. About 15 law enforcement officers were injured during the night. Police reported that people in Berlin threw firecrackers at police, firefighters and each other and tried to make Molotov cocktails. One … Read more

Public Holidays in Berlin 2024: Complete Overview of Dates and Special Days

Public Holidays in Berlin 2024: Complete Overview of Dates and Special Days

When are public holidays in Berlin 2024? When is the next holiday? Here we give a complete overview of the dates. What public holidays will Berlin have in 2024? Here we give an overview of the dates in the German capital when people are free and shops are closed. Here you will also find information … Read more

Two inmates escape from Berlin prison with unusual weapon

Two inmates escape from Berlin prison with unusual weapon

In Berlin, two inmates escaped from a custodial prison. They attacked a woman with an unusual “weapon”. The police launched a large-scale search that night. Two suspected armed people escaped from a prison hospital in Berlin-Reinickendorf on the night of Christmas Eve. This was first reported by the “Berliner Zeitung” and a reporter on site, … Read more

Berlin Volleys Remain Undefeated in Volleyball Bundesliga: Top Game Against SVG Lüneburg

Berlin Volleys Remain Undefeated in Volleyball Bundesliga: Top Game Against SVG Lüneburg

As of: December 23, 2023 10:34 p.m Die Berlin Volleys remain undefeated in the Volleyball Bundesliga. Just 72 hours after her impressive Champions League appearance against Halkbank Ankara (3-0) On Saturday, the team won the top game against second-placed SVG Lüneburg 3-2 (22:25, 21:25, 25:17, 25:21, 17:15) despite being 0-2 set down. After ten match … Read more

Boxing Legend Ulli Wegner Reflects on Retirement and Health Setbacks

Boxing Legend Ulli Wegner Reflects on Retirement and Health Setbacks

Ulli Wegner trained the best boxers in Germany and made them world champions. The 81-year-old is not rich – but he is happy. Boxing trainer legend Ulli Wegner is enjoying his retired life and never sheds a tear for his beloved sport. “Surprisingly not. When I received the termination notice from Sauerland in the mail … Read more

Berlin Senate Plans to Spend Billions on District Heating Network despite Budget Shortfall

Berlin Senate Plans to Spend Billions on District Heating Network despite Budget Shortfall

Black-red wants to continue a red-green-red project and spend billions on it. There is already a 4 billion hole in the new house budget. That won’t be enough to buy and convert Vattenfall’s district heating network. The Senate wants to do this with loans Photo: dpa Some things just leave you speechless. Just last week, … Read more

Storm Zoltan Causes Travel Chaos in Berlin and Brandenburg Before Christmas

Storm Zoltan Causes Travel Chaos in Berlin and Brandenburg Before Christmas

Berlin/Potsdam (dpa/bb) – The storm “Zoltan” hit the plans of many travelers from Berlin and Brandenburg a few days before Christmas. On Thursday, numerous long-distance trains were canceled, especially to the west, as can be seen on the Deutsche Bahn website. Because of the storm, the fire brigade had to go on many missions, especially … Read more