Berlin

All flights between Sofia and Berlin on Monday have been cancelled. The reason is the strike of the employees of both Berlin airports - Schönefeld and Tegel. The strike started early on Monday morning and will end at 05:00 hrs on Tuesday.

Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Jan. 2 was illuminated in the colors of the Turkish flag to pay tribute to the victims of the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul which killed 39 people on Jan. 1.

The historic gate was illuminated in red to show solidarity with its sister city after a decision from Berlin Mayor Michael Müller. 

Twelve people have been confirmed dead, up to 50 are injured and an attacker is reportedly on the run after a truck ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. German authorities have officially dubbed the attack an act of terrorism. The truck crashed last night local time, near the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm avenue in Breitscheidplatz in western Berlin.

A year after the mass arrivals of refugees in Germany, the country's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere talks to Kathimerini about the need to implement the Dublin regulations, the European Union's relocation program, and the agreement between the EU and Turkey to stem migration flows.

Germany's massive influx of refugees has driven a sharp wedge through the electorate, and nowhere is the divide greater than in Berlin ahead of regional elections.

Always at the cutting edge of social relevance, the 2016 Berlin Film Festival, will aim to give new asylum seekers a break from long waits and crushing boredom with free ticketsRefugees will be at the heart of the next Berlin film festival, with hundreds of free tickets for asylum seekers and new movies spotlighting Europe's historic influx, its director said.

German police detained on Thursday two suspected jihadists in Berlin during a series of raids targeting possible Islamists.

The two men aged 28 and 46 are suspected of planning an attack, with some media reports suggesting that they were targeting the city of Dortmund.

Italian PM Matteo Renzi has expressed regret over Hungary's announcement it will build a wall on the border with Serbia due to the increased influx of migrants.

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Monocle magazine ran its annual “Quality of Life” survey, judging cities based on four basic principles: International Flights, Ability to go around by bicycle, good places to eat, and public libraries.

Berlin's Holocaust Memorial, controversial when it opened 10 years ago, has become one of the city's top tourist draws and confounded fears it would be a target of neo-Nazi protesters.