At Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, participants lit up their phones, blew whistles and sang anti-fascist songs. (AP video by Pietro De Cristofaro

When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital of geopolitical turmoil, cleft in two physically and politically by 168km (104 miles) of machine-gun-guarded concrete wall.

Built in the thick of the Cold War, under a nuclear threat, and inspired by the space age, Brutalist buildings in Berlin look like massive, monumental, out of this world fortifications. In a concrete-filled tour of the German capital,

Germany's interior minister told social media platforms on Wednesday to do more to prevent disinformation before next month's election, such as clearly identifying political advertising and labelling videos manipulated with AI.

The victims of the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market are to receive a total of €25 million ($26.3 million) in financial aid from a fund set up the German government, a spokeswoman for the Justice Ministry said on Saturday.

BERLIN – A 65-year-old man is dead after being struck by a truck within a crosswalk in the city of Berlin on Thursday afternoon. According to the Berlin Police Department, the incident occurred around 2:11 p.m. Jan. 23 when a 20-year-old man driving a Dodge Ram turned westbound onto Huron Street and struck a pedestrian.

ALGOMA – A 30-year-old Berlin man is dead after his pickup truck caught fire in a two-vehicle crash in town of Algoma Wednesday evening. Winnebago County Sheriff's Office said it received reports of a crash involving a pickup truck and an Amazon delivery van on State 21 west of Leonard Point Road around 6 p.m. Jan. 22.

Money Heist became a huge phenomenon when it debuted on Netflix in 2017, and Pedro Alonso's Berlin became a fan favorite, ultimately getting his own show.

Production begins nearly a year after the series was officially renewed for a second season.

Egyptian social thriller 'The Settlement' have been acquired by international distributor Mad World ahead of its Berlin Film Festival premiere.

The Berlin Film Festival is waiting to consult BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions filmmaker Kahlil Joseph and the project’s financier, Participant, before deciding whether a planned screening of the pic can take place during this year’s Berlinale.