Tag: Berlin
Berlin film fest rolls out red carpet for women trailblazers
Europe´s first major film festival of the year, the Berlinale, kicks off Thursday making a statement against entertainment industry sexism by welcoming an unprecedented...
Thousands protest in Berlin against racism, discrimination
BERLIN: Thousands of people are demonstrating in Berlin against racism and discrimination, a protest that comes amid concern about an increasingly confident far right.
A...
Berlin buses carry ‘Discover Pakistan’ ads on Independence Day
--Banners depicting Pakistan also put up in Tehran
The German capital's iconic yellow buses are carrying famous images from Pakistan as part of an initiative...
China lets Nobel widow leave for Berlin after house arrest
BEIJING: In the fall of 2010, Liu Xia traveled to a prison in northeast China to tell her husband, the dissident intellectual Liu Xiaobo,...
Catalan ex-governor urges Berlin to decline Spanish extradition request
Carles Puigdemont, the recently arrested ex-governor of Spain's Catalonia, has urged the German government to decline a request for his extradition to Spain, local...
Berlin filmfest to spotlight #MeToo moment
BERLIN: This month’s Berlin film festival, Europe’s first major cinema showcase in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations, will shine a light on...
Berlin police trying to recover missing John Lennon items
German police are trying to recover numerous items stolen from the estate of the late Beatle John Lennon, prosecutors said, after the arrest of...
‘Cloud Atlas’ director to lead Berlin film festival jury
Tom Tykwer, the German director behind "Cloud Atlas" and "Perfume" and the cult hit "Run Lola Run", will head the jury of next year's...
Police order Berlin district evacuation after WW2 bomb find
BERLIN: Police ordered the immediate evacuation of part of southern Berlin and imposed temporary road, rail and metro closures after building workers unearthed an...
Museum for graffiti, street art opens in Berlin
BERLIN: A museum for graffiti and art for public spaces will open in Berlin on Saturday and designs by local and international street artists...
We cant figure out Trump’s capricious plans for world, says Germany
German officials who have held talks with members of US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have not been able to figure out what kind...
Police with machine guns to secure Berlin New Year fest
German authorities are beefing up security for New Year’s eve celebrations in Berlin on Saturday after last week’s truck attack, deploying police with machine...
Two arrested in Germany over mall attack plot: police
Police have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning to attack one of Germany's biggest shopping centres, authorities said Friday, four days after a...
Commentary: Yes, 2016 was bad. Next year could be worse
The killing of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey on Monday evening might have prompted knee-jerk comparisons to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, but...
Germany fingers Tunisian asylum seeker in Berlin market attack
German authorities triggered a Europe-wide manhunt Wednesday for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas...
Germany releases Pakistani held over Berlin attack
A Pakistani asylum seeker suspected of ploughing a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market was released Tuesday for lack of evidence, prosecutors said.
The militant...
We are in a state of war: German state minister
The interior minister of the German state of Saarland said on Tuesday Germany is in a state of war after a man drove a...
