Scan a QR code to find Berlin’s biggest political problem
As rents continue to climb, housing has emerged as the defining battleground of Berlin’s September state election
Berlin Pride attack sharpens debate over home-grown Islamist extremism
As politicians clash over the response to the deadly attack, one man who escaped Islamist radicalisation is urging a more honest debate on extremism
Germany’s most famous opera festival confronts its Nazi-era inheritance
Row over Jewish guest speaker at Bayreuth’s 150th anniversary reopens questions about Richard Wagner’s anti-Semitism and festival’s ties to Adolf Hitler
How Berlin’s ‘Hot Boys’ are taking on the manosphere
From forest walks to tearful group sessions, a new community is offering young men an alternative to toxic online influencers
Why was Berlin’s Pride attacker still free to strike?
As details emerge of the perpetrator’s failed attempts to join Islamic State, scrutiny is mounting on courts, police and deradicalisation efforts
Berlin police shoot dead man suspected to have carried out fatal attack on Pride parade
‘Love is a terrible thing to hate’ read handmade sign at improvised memorial for victims of attack on one of Europe’s biggest Pride parades
German chancellor vows crackdown after deadly attack on Berlin Pride parade
One dead and at least 16 others injured after 21-year-old suspect with Islamist links flees crash scene
Berlin Pride attack shatters a day of celebration and defiance
For one summer day Berlin celebrated its diversity. By midnight, the city was confronting violence, fear and an unsettling sense of vulnerability
Human rights defender or dangerous criminal? A German court will decide Dubliner’s fate
For 316 days, Daniel Tatlow-Devally has been under 23-hour solitary lock-up, with limited visits and heavily screened communications
Germany’s cabinet reshuffle after surrogacy controversy sees Friedrich Merz’s chief of staff fill party leader vacancy
Nina Warken’s promotion to chancellor’s right hand seen as a reward for delivering a major healthcare reform package
A banned song in Germany has become a rallying cry against a far-right surge
Surge in support for far-right AfD leaves young woman from a village in former East Germany ‘very, very afraid’
Zurich’s radical response to Europe’s drug crisis tested by surge in use of crack cocaine
Three decades after the chaos of the Swiss city’s ‘Needle Park’, supervised drug use and state-backed heroin treatment have cut harm, but crack has posed new challenges
Irish politicians to attend trial of Dubliner charged with damage of Israeli arms factory
Daniel Tatlow-Devally and four others charged with trespassing and an estimated €1m in criminal damage
German far-right activist transferred to men’s prison in transgender case
Extradited neo-Nazi Marla-Svenja Liebich faces jail in Saxony as regional governments push to tighten self-identification legislation
‘Coffee must be dropped at different height than wine’: The Berlin team making books look well-read
An idea to make books look a bit more used, once jokingly proposed by one Myles na gCopaleen, has been made real in German capital