The Berliner

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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10/07/2025

🏘️ Berlin furnished apartment ban?

🚫 Senate aims to close loopholes whereby short term rentals drive up prices and push residents out of key districts

Berlin may soon ban short-term furnished rentals as lawmakers target loopholes driving up rents and displacing residents in certain districts.

09/07/2025

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09/07/2025

News: 🥙 Mustafas moves on

Berlin’s most iconic kebab stall has left its legendary Kreuzberg spot... and crossed the road. Will the queue follow?

Berlin's most famous kebab stand is shutting down... and reopening across the street. But will it keep that old magic?