A shabby area of Berlin best known for its curb-crawling prostitutes and drug dealers is recovering some of the Bohemian allure of its glory days in the 1920s as low rents and its central location lure art galleries.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded stronger central powers for the European Union's executive to veto national budgets that breach EU rules, risking a clash with close ally France at a summit of the bloc's leaders.
Germany's first post-war exhibition devoted to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler has been extended by three weeks due to popular demand, the German Historical Museum (DHM) said.
Germans opposed to Pope Benedict's teachings on sexuality and angry at cases of abuse by priests protested in Berlin while members of parliament boycotted a speech by the pontiff at the start of his four-day visit to his homeland.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will thrash out differences with French President Nicolas Sarkozy tomorrow over how to use the euro zone's financial firepower to counter a sovereign debt crisis threatening the global economy.
World record holder Paula Radcliffe will run the Berlin marathon in September as she looks to book a spot in next year's London Olympics, the Briton said today.
Rocker Bruce Springsteen touched on a nerve of widespread discontent with the financiers and bankers at a Berlin concert, railing against them as "greedy thieves" and "robber barons."
The Berlin film festival looks east this year with six of 19 competition entries either made or based behind the old Iron Curtain, while two star-studded US movies tackle big business - energy and pharmaceuticals.
It looks like a two-horse race for the Berlin film festival's top Golden Bear award, with the moving Iranian drama "Nader and Simin: A Separation" neck-and-neck with dark Hungarian tale "The Turin Horse."
The oppressive world of Communist East Germany was brought back to life in a haunting new film called "Barbara" at the Berlin Film Festival, the first of three German productions in the main competition
Katy Perry, Sean Paul and Lana Del Rey dominated the stage of Germany's annual ECHO Music Awards in Berlin, where Adele picked up two awards to add to her string of BRIT and Grammy wins.