The agreement means that the red-red-green coalition is now moving out of preliminary talks and closer towards an established government.

Former BND chief August Hanning's arrest is a mind-bending case of Iranian nuclear files, Israeli operatives and a steakhouse heiress accused of kidnapping her own kids.

More than double the usual number of police officers will be out today, and one of the pro-Palestinian demos is already under investigation for glorification of violence.

Peter Hegemann shares the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research that began with a green algae found in Brandenburg's lakes and has since been used to treat blindness.

Incidents involving diplomatic vehicles have been on the rise in Berlin for years.

Music-historian Liam Cagney reflects on what got lost amid the rise and rise of Berlin's most famous nightclub.

The frozen East German loaf survived three apartment moves and one case of lice to end up in the Deutschlandmuseum.

The Neukölln MP shared his Instagram and WhatsApp chats with Die Zeit, and has stepped back from the interior committee amid “attacks on my person.”

Several bunkers lay beneath Hitler's chancellery, but can the city keep them straight? Plans for flats and offices may depend on which underground Nazi building is which.

The SPD and Greens won't yet call the talks "exploratory", while the CDU and CSU threaten Berlin's funding. A lesson in how coalitions get made.

Die Linke politician Ferat Koçak has temporarily stepped back from his duties after a media storm over text messages with Issa Remmo's son. But what are the facts?

Berlin is poised to get its first-ever Die Linke mayor, and Germany's media and political classes are losing it.

It's likely that they'll lead the next coalition – but now, the coalition negotiations start.

Watermelons, coalition talks and expropriation: here's what you need to know about last night's live argument between the major party candidates.

The vast majority of Berliners want to overturn the Nazi-era law that makes riding public transport without a ticket punishable with prison time.

For weeks, the public prosecutor's office was unable to send out summons for convicted criminals to begin their sentence.

Your one-stop guide to the upcoming Berlin elections on September 20

Berlin SPD mayoral candidate Steffen Krach has had his home and party offices raided as police look into potential bribery.

It's a tug-of-war to lead the next coalition.

After 15 years in Neukölln and working in German media, Zara Rahman is leaving Berlin because of dishonesty and moral hypocrisy.

Did German rapper Ski Aggu really see former health minister Jens Spahn doing the "fattest lines" at a chem party? It would be legally inadvisable to suggest so.

New details on the Berlin Senate cyberattack, the largest data breach in Berlin's history. Hackers are demanding 30 bitcoin (~€2 million) in ransom.

A hand-picked map of Berlin restaurants, eaten at and written up by some of the city's best food journalists.

A hand-picked map of Berlin restaurants, eaten at and written up by some of the city's best food journalists.

Thousands of people had to temporarily leave their apartments as the WW2 bomb was defused just a few streets away from Sonnenallee.

A Canadian company placed repeated automated orders at Berlin antiquarian shops. The books were shipped to Chicago. Experts suspect AI training.

The German army has expanded its recruiting drive to Berlin kebab shops, sending out promotional material advertising the army as: 'One career with everything.'"

A Forsa poll shows Die Linke's first clear lead of the campaign, plus the Wahl-O-Mat voting aids comes online today.

The 1. FC Union women’s team is pulling big crowds. Can the fans create a culture with staying power?

The 1. FC Union women’s team is pulling big crowds. Can the fans create a culture with staying power?

The 1. FC Union women’s team is pulling big crowds. Can the fans create a culture with staying power?

Winds of 150 kilometres per hour blew through the town of Fürstenwalde just outside Berlin, sending trees and roofing flying.

The Widerstands-Kollektiv deflated tyres on 20 SUVs in Charlottenburg, calling the vehicles a "disaster for our world".

The S-Bahn lines serving the airport are suspended until the end of August. Replacement buses are running, but plan ahead (or take a regional train).

A crisis team has been deployed after the Senate admitted that "highly sensitive" data has leaked.

A right-wing media campaign from Nius, Bild and the AfD led to the cancellation of a swim event for Black children, with organisers unable to guarantee their safety.

We asked our followers for their photos of the eclipse. Here are some of our favourites.

Twelve sentences of Berlin's FDP drug policy chapter match the Greens' manifesto exactly, and eleven more nearly do. So who's been copying who?

"Lesson learned after week 1: Running an outdoor pool isn't that easy."

Here's how to actually catch the moment in Berlin that the moon blocks out 85% of the sun on Wednesday evening.

A new app called Freifahren lets Berlin commuters dodge ticket inspectors, prompting criticism from the BVG, who say it lacks "solidarity"

Sebastian Michels has 56 lifetime food passes. This is how he got his latest one.

Six weeks out from Berlin's election, the CDU's new start isn't registering.

Officials claim that "the face will not be recognisable."