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:

December 05, 2017 05.12.2017
- First two stolen Stolpersteine replaced
- More details on Potsdam package bomb are emerging
- Berlinale will be opened with new Wes Anderson movie
- Union Berlin fires coach Jens Keller
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4min
December 04, 2017 04.12.2017
- Potsdam Christmas market evacuated because of suspicious package
- 22 people injured after fire in high rise building
- First “Tempohomes” open
- Three masked robberies on the weekend
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5min
December 01, 2017 01.12.2017
- Police looking for fake bomb perpetrators
- Reformation holiday unlikely to be repeated
- Obike customer data exposed openly
- 100 new garbage sheriffs for cleaner Berlin
- Former silent movie theatre Delphi reopens
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6min
November 30, 2017 30.11.2017
- BVG bus accidents on the rise
- Divers looking for stolen stumbling stones
- Street musician imprisoned for rape
- Red-Red-Green wants to spend more money
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6min
November 29, 2017 29.11.2017
- Bouncers with criminal ties manning doors in Berlin
- Applicant for police school caught dealing cocaine
- Terror protection does not have to be paid by Christmas market operators
- Radioactive playing cards lead to gambling cheaters
- Fire at Potsdamer Platz Arkaden
- Illegal Fireworks seized in Brandenburg
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6min
November 28, 2017 28.11.2017
- 1500 people deported from Berlin
- Further blunder in Amri investigation
- Art collective confronts nasty landlords
- De Maizière: Don't be afraid at Christmas markets
- Local politician lost and found in jungle
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7min
November 27, 2017 27.11.2017
- Exhibition reminds of Soviet camp victims
- More faults at BER discovered
- Breitscheidplatz Christmas market reopens with massively increased security
- Arson attack on Friedrichshain bar
- Icy roads cause mass accident on A10
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4min
November 24, 2017 24.11.2017
- Siemens employees protest with motorcade
- Violence and cruelty among students has increased
- Amazon delivery vans burned
- Police vehicle vandalized by thrown stone
- Bus crashes into building – concrete pillar hits car
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6min
November 23, 2017 23.11.2017
- Cocaine by delivery service
- Berlin plagued by noise pollution
- Home explosion follow-up
- Tourism: Senate wants more culture and less party
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5min
November 22, 2017 22.11.2017
- BVG employee violently controls street musician
- Organizers and exhibitors demand safety concept for Christmas markets
- House explodes in Spandau
- Easyjet will take over vacant Air Berlin spots in Tegel
- Bicyclist molested by thief, wallet stolen
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6min

FAQs about Berlin Briefing:

How many episodes does Berlin Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 1,396 episodes available.