Berlin Briefing

By Abby Ross Menacher, Albert Menacher

We curate local news stories from Berlin (mostly reported in German) every weekday morning and report them back in a succinct five to ten minute summary. In English.... more

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The podcast currently has 1,396 episodes available.

Berlin Briefing episodes:

March 02, 2018 02.03.2018 - Murder Sentence repealed, Police Chief Successor, Lotto Funding, Taxi Infrastructure
- Murder sentence repealed against Kudamm street racers
- Potential Police Chief successor names leaked
- Lotto Foundation funds 22 Berlin projects
- More taxis equipped for those with disabilities
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7min
March 01, 2018 01.03.2018 - Daycare Decision, DHL Strike, Unemployment down, School Security
- District must pay for daycare
- DHL strike
- Unemployment numbers fell in February
- School hires security
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6min
February 28, 2018 28.02.2018 - Paint Attack, Kandt Dismissal, Wedding Street Names, S-Bahn Delays
- Paint attack on Turkish embassy
- Geisel defending Kandt dismissal
- New ideas for Wedding street names
- S-Bahn delays
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6min
February 27, 2018 27.02.2018 - Kandt out, Railway-Crime Decrease, Emergency Dormitories, Ryanair TXL
- Police Commissioner Klaus Kandt is out
- Railway crimes decrease
- Another 100 emergency dormitories created due to cold weather
- Ryanair will fly from TXL
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6min
February 26, 2018 26.02.2018 - Berlinale Awards, BER Financing, Safe Detonation, Killed Priest, Neukölln Crackdown
- Golden Bear for “Touch me not” is a surprise
- Berlin CDU: No more tax money for BER
- Safe blown up
- Priest killing – suspect in psychiatric treatment
- Bar closed because of too much carbon-monoxide
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5min
February 23, 2018 23.02.2018 - Skeleton found, Cold Front, Berlin grows, Fake-Passport Detection, Homophobic Attacker
- Skeleton found at construction site
- Bitterly cold temperatures on the way
- Berlin continues to grow
- New devices to quickly detect false passports
- Police looking for homophobic attacker
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6min
February 22, 2018 22.02.2018 - Investigator Side-Job, Cannabis Liberalization, Turned-In Weapons, BVG Chairs
- Amri chief investigator had a part-time job
- SPD leader calls for liberalization of cannabis
- 81 illegal weapons turned into authorities
- Guerilla artist replace removed waiting bench with stolen BVG chairs
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7min
February 21, 2018 21.02.2018 - Bike Law, Vattenfall Aircraft, DB Cleaning, Serial Arson, Mielke's Membership Card
- Bike law has passed the Senate
- Low flying Vattenfall aircraft
- Rapid cleaning service at train stations
- One arrested in series of arson attacks
- Police Search for Mielke’s Dynamo membership card
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6min
February 20, 2018 20.02.2018 - Rental Closures, Robbery Decrease, CCTV Referendum, Sheep slaughtered
- Robben & Wientjes closures
- Robberies decrease at Kottbusser Tor
- CCTV Surveillance referendum
- Another zoo animal slaughtered
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6min
February 19, 2018 19.02.2018 - Yücel free, Internet Blackout, Right Womens-March, Rental Bikes
- Journalist Yücel flown to Berlin, out of country
- Internet blackout might be related to bank break-in
- 1000 Berliners stop right-populist demonstration
- 14,000 free roaming rental bikes
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5min

FAQs about Berlin Briefing:

How many episodes does Berlin Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 1,396 episodes available.