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Die Linke extend their lead with six weeks to go The CDU boost after Wegner's exit never came - the party is stuck exactly where it was. www.heistberlin.com/news/kai-who...
Die Linke Pull Further Ahead as CDU Stall
Six weeks out from Berlin's election, the CDU's new start isn't registering.
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AI surveillance at Kotti begins The pilot programme is an attempt to curb crime in the area. www.heistberlin.com/news/police-...
Police Launch AI Video Surveillance At Kotti
Officials claim that "the face will not be recognisable."
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Hope you got a fan the first time around… Berlin braces for another heatwave www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...
Berlin Braces For a Second Heat Wave
A month after record-breaking temperatures in June, the city could hit 38 degrees this week.
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Should Berlin police have been following the CSD attacker the evening of the attack? Abdul Ballout had a "red" high-risk status, and a camera outside his house caught him leaving at 20:58 – one hour before the attack. www.heistberlin.com/news/csd-fal...
CSD Fallout: Police Filmed Suspect an Hour Before Attack
As reports point to serious police failures ahead of the CSD attack, Berlin's politicians are squabbling about everything except that.
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Tragedy struck at CSD as an attack killed one woman and injured 29. The alleged attacker was later shot dead by police at an allotment garden in Spandau. This is not the first threat Berlin Pride has faced in recent years. www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...
CSD Attack: Suspect Shot and Killed By Police in Spandau Allotment Garden
A deadly attack on Saturday evening killed one woman and injured 29, abruptly cutting Berlin's Pride weekend short. The suspect has now been shot dead in Spandau.
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The Berlin Senate just scanned rental listings and found 46% were illegally high. SPD is taking credit (though Die Linke says they proposed this exact idea three years ago, and got voted down.) www.heistberlin.com/news/nearly-...
Nearly Half of Berlin Asking Rents Are Illegally High
A new rent scan conducted by the Berlin Senate in June found 46% of listings were suspiciously high. Landlords now face warning letters — and could see fines up to €50,000.
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So long, platform beer Deutsche Bahn is banning alcohol at all 5,400 of its stations starting September 1. www.heistberlin.com/news/deutsch...
Deutsche Bahn Is Banning Alcohol at All 5,400 of Its Stations
You can still drink on the train, but the platform beer is over.
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Record year for BER customs The Zoll seized historic volumes of drugs, untaxed cigarettes, cash, and caviar. www.heistberlin.com/news/cigaret...
Cigarettes, Caviar, Venomous Spiders: What Gets Smuggled Through BER Customs?
It was a record year for airport Zoll, which inspected roughly 662,000 pieces of luggage last year.
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The housing poll Vonovia didn't want you to see The landlord giant surveyed Berliners on housing socialisation, then tried to hide the study after they didn't like what it showed www.heistberlin.com/news/the-ber...
The Berlin Housing Study Vonovia Tried to Bury
Vonovia commissioned a poll on Berlin's expropriation referendum, then denied it existed after the report showed 56% still back socialising profit-seeking landlords.
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Berlin trial exposes Telegram rapist network The accused allegedly drugged and raped dozens of women, in a case reviving debate on Germany's rape laws. www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...
Berlin Man Allegedly Raped 58 Women, Exposing Dark Telegram Networks
The 68-year-old electrician faces 22 charges of drugging and raping women, part of a wider pattern of Telegram networks trading assault footage.
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Your GP is about to be even harder to reach New healthcare cuts will mean fewer appointments, longer waits, and services that used to be free moving behind a paywall. www.heistberlin.com/news/fewer-a...
Fewer Appointments, Longer Waits: What Merz's Healthcare Cuts Will Mean for Berlin
Berlin and Brandenburg's panel doctors have written an open letter to patients warning them about what's coming.
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BVG must run far-right ads A court ruled in favour of the controversial NIUS media ads. www.heistberlin.com/news/bvg-niu...
A Berlin Court Just Ordered the BVG to Run Far-Right Ads
In June, the BVG terminated an advertising campaign on its buses and trains after public backlash. A court has now ruled that right-wing platform NIUS has a right to run ads.
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Neukölln headmaster fined for fabricated U-Bahn assassination attempt The lie will cost him €17,000. www.heistberlin.com/news/hudhaif...
Neukölln Principal Who Faked U-Bahn Assassination Attempt Fined €17,000
Initially celebrated for his bravery, Neukölln school principal Hudhaifa Al-Mashhadani has been uncovered as a fraud - and part of a growing trend of staged political violence in Germany.
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Berlin drug dealers are leaving free samples in the mailbox? Oh no! They had better not find ours (downstairs in the hallway, 3rd on the left) www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...
Berlin Drug Dealers Are Leaving Free Samples in The Mailbox
Police say residents have been finding free starter packs of cocaine and ketamine right at the front door.
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New rent registry approved Landlords can fined up to €100,000 if they refuse to submit info www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...
Berlin vs. Landlords: New Database to Log Every Rent in the City
Berlin has approved a database that will make landlords log every rental contract in the city. Plus, a new portal for reporting your overpriced rent.
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Friedrich Merz thinks you're faking it. New reforms announced by the German government mean that workers will need to provide a doctor's note from day one of sickness. www.heistberlin.com/news/worker-...
Workers in Germany Will Now Need a Sick Note from Day One
Friedrich Merz wants workers to provide a doctor's note from the first day of sickness, and he's scrapped calling up your Hausarzt by phone.
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They tried to keep Kneecap out of Germany. The lads played a secret gig in Wedding on Tues night. “When you have a government dictating what art you can consume, that’s obviously a very bad precedent to be setting.” @heistberlin.bsky.social's backstage interview ⬇️ #Kneecap #Berlin #censorship
Critics Tried to Block Kneecap From Playing in Berlin. They Came Anyway.
In an exclusive backstage interview, the Irish band talks about the political pressure that forced them to play their first Berlin gig in secret.
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Tesla is expanding in Grünheide again Model Y demand is up and production is ramping — Brandenburg’s government is thrilled, but the locals are not. www.heistberlin.com/news/gigafac...
Gigafactory Expansion: Tesla Announces 1,000 New Jobs in Grünheide
Elon Musk still wants to build the largest factory complex in Europe.
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The cigarette police are on a sweep Undercover officers can fine you €3,000 for a discarded butt www.heistberlin.com/news/underco...
The Undercover Cigarette Police Are Out This Week
And they can fine you €3,000 for a discarded butt.
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Heatwave recap: Cops with water cannons, extreme lightning, and one baby drinking beer www.heistberlin.com/news/heatwav...
Heatwave Recap: Police Water Cannons, Lightning, One Baby Drinking Beer
Will the chaos inspire politicians to take heat-related climate change seriously going forward?
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Fire at Fusion fest Concerts were paused and attendees were evacuated for several hours. www.heistberlin.com/news/fire-at...
Fusion Festival Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out
The blaze temporarily interrupted the concert schedule, but the festival is expected to continue — unlike most events this weekend, which have been cancelled in the extreme heat.
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ICC to become art and culture centre Abandoned since 2014, the iconic futuristic building is finally getting renovated. www.heistberlin.com/news/interna...
Finally, A Plan For The Long-Abandoned International Congress Centre
After 12 years sitting empty and a long hunt for investors, West Berlin's futuristic spaceship will become an art and culture centre — plus hotels and retail.
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Software update shuts down entire German rail network Trains stranded between stations, passengers sleeping on board, taxi vouchers handed out. www.heistberlin.com/news/deutsch...
Train Chaos: Software Update Shuts Down Germany’s Entire Rail Network
Trains stranded between stations, passengers trapped on board, and Deutsche Bahn handing out taxi vouchers.
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☀️ This weekend's heatwave threatens to break every record the city has ever set. Berlin may surpass 40 degrees - and temperatures are likely to remain above 25 degrees at night. www.heistberlin.com/news/heatwav...
Berlin Could Hit 40 Degrees This Weekend
Meteorologist Andreas Blei says Saturday could see Berlin surpass 40°C for the first time in 120 years.
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🧔♂️: "I can't wait for the summer in Berlin" The summer in Berlin: www.heistberlin.com/news/swimmer...
Swimmers beware: Parasitic flatworm larvae found in three Berlin lakes
Cercariae, or the larvae of parasitic flatworms, have been spotted in three Berlin lakes — just as we're headed for a record-breaking heatwave. Here's what you need to know.
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I keep meeting amazing people from @heistberlin.bsky.social — a newish worker-owned English-language local journalism platform in Berlin. And I really like their news and the whole project’s tone and language. So I signed up to become an accomplice (aka subscriber) and help steal the media back.
Go Asia recalls two products in 24 hours First norovirus in the oysters, now there’s a problem with the instant noodles. www.heistberlin.com/news/go-asia...
Go Asia Recalls Second Product Within 24 Hours
Berlin's most popular Asian market is dealing with a batch of product recalls, starting with norovirus in the oysters.
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Goebbels villa to become antisemitism hub Yet the advisor to the project — Brandenburg's antisemitism commissioner Andreas Büttner — is facing serious questions about a staged attack on his own home. www.heistberlin.com/news/goebbel...
Goebbels Villa to Become Hub in Fight Against Antisemitism
The project's advisor is Brandenburg's antisemitism commissioner Andreas Büttner, a man facing serious questions after his home was apparently attacked by associates he had paid.
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Brothel bailout Artemis got more than a million in pandemic aid www.heistberlin.com/news/artemis...
Brothel Bailout: State Paid Artemis €1.75 Million in Pandemic Aid
This isn't the first time that Berlin's largest brothel, which is often steeped in controversy, has benefitted from public funds.
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Little Balkan restaurants, smoky bars, Australian chicken shops. Take a look at the unnecessarily thorough HEIST guide to World Cup 2026 in Berlin www.heistberlin.com/berlin-world...
The Only Real Guide to World Cup 2026 in Berlin
The World Cup 2026 is here. Some of the kickoffs start too late, but we've made a guide for every game you can watch across the city with a home crowd.
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