Tag: Berlin

Zverev’s lawyer rejects assault accusations during trial in Berlin

Alexander Zverev’s lawyer has reject all assault accusations against the tennis player in a trial that started in Berlin on Friday while he’s playing at the French Open grand slam. The Olympic champion from Germany is appealing against a €450,000 ($487,870) penalty order on assault charges. Defence lawyer Alfred Dierlamm said that the accusations made […]

Berlin, Paris plan to strengthen European defence capabilities

After changes to Europe’s security situation, France and Germany plan to strengthen European defence capabilities, a joint council said after a meeting near Berlin. “The European Union must become a true geopolitical player and guarantor of security that can respond to today’s security challenges and strengthen the international order,” the Franco-German Defence and Security Council […]

Scholz and Macron say Berlin and Paris always find an agreement

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed that relations between the two countries are good and not in crisis, as some have said in the past. “We will always agree and we are moving forward,” Macron said at the Franco-German Council of Ministers on Tuesday. Scholz spoke of the cohesion between Berlin […]

Macron visits memorial in Berlin to Jews murdered in the Holocaust

French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated victims of the Holocaust in Berlin on Monday morning during the second day of his official state visit to Germany. Macron, along with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, visited the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located near the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building in the heart of Berlin’s […]

Berlin reticent about new EU air defence initiative

Germany on Friday gave a cautious reaction to a Polish-Greek proposal for a new European air defence shield. The initiative had been noted, said government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann, while referring to an existing German project to strengthen Europe’s defence from aerial attack. Twenty-one countries are involved in the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) devised after […]

Berlin reticent about new EU air defence initiative

Germany on Friday gave a cautious reaction to a Polish-Greek proposal for a new European air defence shield. The initiative had been noted, said government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann, while referring to an existing German project to strengthen Europe’s defence from aerial attack. Twenty-one countries are involved in the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) devised after […]

75 years of German constitution, republic to be marked in Berlin

Germany plans to celebrate the entry into force of its constitution, the Basic Law, and the founding of the modern federal republic 75 years ago with an official state ceremony in the heart of Berlin’s government district on Thursday. The Basic Law come into force on May 23, 1949, which is also the founding date […]

Pro-Palestinian activists occupy rooms at Berlin Humboldt University

Activists have once again occupied rooms at a Berlin university in support of the Palestinians and in protest against Israel. The police and a dpa photographer initially spoke of around 50 people who were at the Institute of Social Sciences at Humboldt University from Wednesday afternoon. A further 250 to 300 young people demonstrated on […]

Anti-Semitic incidents in Berlin at record high since October

The number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded by an research centre in Berlin has risen to an all-time high since the attacks by Islamist Hamas group on Israel on October 7. The Research and Information Centre on Anti-Semitism (RIAS) in Berlin counted a total of 1,270 such insults online as well as physical threats, attacks and […]

Democracy fest to be held in Berlin government district at weekend

To mark the 75th anniversary of Germany’s de facto constitution, the Basic Law, the government in Berlin is inviting citizens to a major Democracy Festival to be located around the buildings housing the Chancellery and the Bundestag. From Friday to Sunday, there are events planned in the form of dialogue, information stands, games, concerts, plays, […]