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Berlin, they say, is dead. Kaput. Over. Not what it used to be. Then again, part of Berlin’s modern identity as Europe’s licentious, experimental, ultraliberal techno capital is that it has ...
We Heart Berlin's Jeff Smith, who spoke before the council, said the planned radio station would have a signal strength of 100 watts and a broadcast radius of about 3.5 miles, enough to cover the ...
With 3,000 lakes in Berlin and its adjacent state, Brandenburg, choosing one can be difficult. Fortunately, the city’s tourism agency provides a useful map showing 32 options and how to reach them.
A doctor in Berlin has been charged with murder over the deaths of 15 patients under palliative care, prosecutors said Wednesday. He is also accused of trying to cover up the evidence by starting ...
Little of the Berlin Wall survives today in the German capital. The onetime barrier between East and West has been torn down, chipped away or auctioned off. Between 1961 and 1989, the formidable ...
German investigators suspect a Berlin doctor of killing eight elderly patients under his care and setting fire to some of their homes to cover up his crimes, prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect ...
The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5,000 people managed to reach western Europe.
Berlin's flourishing tech scene attracts talent from across the globe. At a startup incubator in the western part of the city, an international team recently launched an app called SPRT, which ...
The battle for Berlin had brought to an end the bloodiest conflict in European history. 'There's no family in the Soviet Union, Poland or Germany where they didn't lose at least one close relative ...
Many Israelis choose Berlin for one practical draw: the cheaper cost of living stemming from years of underdevelopment after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. That has drawn controversy back home.
Read CNN’s Berlin Wall Fast Facts and learn more about the symbol of the Cold War and East/West relations. The Wall stood from 1961 to 1989.