BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Germany on Thursday to designate the group that he blames for a 2016 coup attempt as a terrorist organization. His call, in a newspaper articl…
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Russian film director’s replica Berlin Wall rejected by city authorities
A controversial art installation that would have rebuilt part of the Berlin Wall in the German capital has been put on hold by city authorities over safety concerns. The brainchild of Russian film dir…
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The Week in Good News: Berlin Marathon, Doctor Who, Pizza for the Troops
The 33-year-old Kenyan ran the Berlin Marathon on Sunday in 2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds, cementing his place as the most decorated marathon runner in the world. He was so fast that two of his three pa…
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Berlin: Not considering fund to defend against unwelcome takeover plans
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government is not thinking about creating a state-owned fund to defend companies against unwelcome takeover approaches but it is working on a mechanism to ensure Germany’ …
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Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Marathon Record at Berlin Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge, the reigning Olympic champion marathon runner, set a world record at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, clocking a total time of 2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds and breaking the previous recor…
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Berlin’s mayor tries to wean Germans off the water bottle
BERLIN — When Germans are out and about, their water go-to is usually a bottle. But on a steaming late-summer afternoon in the nation’s capital, Berlin Mayor Michael Müller set out to convert them to …
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Berlin nightlife from the wildly hedonistic to the traditional
(CNN) — What is Berlin’s biggest claim to fame? Some may say history or culture. But others may say nightlife, and they wouldn’t necessarily be wrong. It seems like the capital of Germany has been tea…
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The week in classical: Proms 66 & 68; Paul Bunyan review – Berlin passes the baton
Just as the BBC Proms began that familiar, home-straight burst of intensity before the Last Night – top foreign orchestras, big star names – there was a thrilling debut. The first Royal Albert Hall ap…
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Germany’s Maas in Turkey to tend to troubled Berlin-Ankara relationship
ANKARA (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrived in Turkey on Wednesday hoping to restore relations that have been in deep freeze since a post-coup crackdown in which Ankara imprisoned te…
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Berlin concert rescheduled after Bono loses voice
Berlin concert rescheduled after Bono loses voice U2 lead singer Bono has reassured fans that he’ll have his voice back for the rest of the band’s European tour after ending a concert in Germany on Sa…
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