The Berliner

06/08/2025

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29/07/2025

🚫 Berlin forecasts significant increase in homelessness by 2029

Over the past three years, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Berlin has doubled. By 2029, the city expects a 60% rise in the number of people without housing as social systems face strain under growing demand.

Over the past three years, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Berlin has doubled. By 2029, the city expects a 60% rise in the number of people without housing as social systems face strain under growing demand.

24/07/2025

🗯️ El Hotzo walks free

🧑‍⚖️ “Germany is known around the world for two things,” the satirist said, “very bad humour and lots of bad fascists.” He added that his mission was to fight both.

The court dismissed all charges

Meme-creator El Hotzo acquitted after court rules his posts about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump were satire, not incitement.

23/07/2025

🇩🇪 CDU turns on Berlin over immigration

🛂 After years of delays, Berlin speeds up citizenship approvals - but now CDU ministers are accusing the city of handing them out too easily

Berlin's fast-tracked naturalisation process faces backlash as Germany's Interior Minister accuses the city of giving out German citizenship too easily.

22/07/2025

News: "🎤 Sh*tty AfD!"

Protesters blast Alice Weidel’s ARD summer interview, drowning her out with a choir singing on repeat. She wasn't happy about it...

Protests disrupt AfD leader Alice Weidel’s ARD summer interview in Berlin, as activists drown her out with a choir chanting “Sh*tty AfD.”

21/07/2025

🔥 Violent weekend in Berlin

🔫🍣 One dead and several injured after a shooting outside a sushi restaurant on Bermannstraße, further shootings in Neukölln & Wedding, plus a fatal stabbing in Gesundbrunnen

A deadly stabbing and multiple shootings marked a violent weekend for Berlin, with incidents in Kreuzberg, Neukölln, Wedding and Gesundbrunnen.

18/07/2025

🌍 Berlin is booming

A new report says the city could hit 4 million residents by 2036, though the rise is largely thanks to immigration, not births

Berlin’s population is growing faster than expected and could hit four million by 2036 - with the rise largely due to immigration, not births.

17/07/2025

🚨 Police can now search anyone, regardless of grounds for suspicion

🔪From Thursday, a new weapons ban has come into effect in Berlin. Knives and other weapons are banned on public transport, with fines up to €10,000.

Berlin bans all knives and weapons on public transport from July 17, giving police new powers to search without suspicion.

16/07/2025

🛸 Want to visit Berlin's abandoned spaceship?

🎟️ The iconic ICC building is opening its doors this September for a rare public tour - free tickets are available from 10:00am

Berliners can explore the iconic ICC building when it reopens for 49 hours this September. Tickets available from Wednesday - and they're free of charge.

15/07/2025

⛪️ €1 million over the last seven years

🕯️ The Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin has released its annual report, detailing ongoing payouts to victims of sexual violence - including 12 new cases in 2024 alone

The Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin has paid €1 million to abuse victims since 2018, with 12 new allegations of sexual violence reported in 2024.

14/07/2025

🚧 Is it... finally... over?

The *15 years*, the renovation of Karl-Marx-Straße in Neukölln is complete

Karl-Marx-Straße in Berlin has finally reopened after *15 years* of construction work - now boasting wider pavements, cycle lanes, and reduced car traffic.

11/07/2025

🚇 The largest U-Bahn shutdown for decades

🛠️ Nollendorfplatz will close for 4 months from January as the tunnel ceiling is declared unsafe, leading to major restrictions on U1, U3 & U4.

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