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:

November 21, 2017 21.11.2017
- FDP pulls out of coalition talks
- Job-threatened Siemens employees form human chain
- Three Police students with criminal records were only accepted after court decision
- Stolen John Lennon diaries found in Berlin
- Two homeless men found apartment through eBay
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November 20, 2017 20.11.2017
- Berlin's homeless in need of warm sleeping spaces
- Technical risks at BER massively reduced
- Pedestrian Killed on Stadtautobahn
- Police report
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November 17, 2017 17.11.2017
- Corruption: Doctors take commission from funeral services
- Siemens cuts 3500 jobs in Germany, 900 of them in Berlin
- Parliament votes against special investigation of police school
- Broken pipe floods Lichtenberg
- Berlin Police searching for U-Bahn hitters
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4min
November 16, 2017 16.11.2017
- Construction problems prevent the relocation of refugees
- Vacation home landlords win at court
- Serious injuries after collision of BVG bus with ambulance
- Circus Roncalli will stop animal shows
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5min
November 15, 2017 15.11.2017
- Senate thanks police officers, firefighters and teachers
- Police breakdown after gold coin theft
- Street construction puts strains on local businesses
- Cash register thief stopped by customers
- One woman dead after apartment fire
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November 14, 2017 14.11.2017
- Berlin kindergartens urgently need more educators
- CDU demands special investigation on Spandau police academy
- Berlin MPs abuse funding for constituency offices
- 220 Ledvance workers lose their job
- Police confiscate fake police car
- ICE train to Berlin rushes past Wolfsburg - again
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6min
November 13, 2017 13.11.2017
- Structural issues at Berlin police academy
- Asian rental bikes are coming to the captial
- Police ask for help with Stolpersteine thefts
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November 10, 2017 10.11.2017
- Phoenix Spree included in ‘Paradise Papers’
- Contaminated drinking water at the Berlin police building
- Fewer foreign tourists in Berlin
- Zero drug tolerance policy abandoned in Görlitzer Park
- Tax surplus for Berlin
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6min
November 09, 2017 09.11.2017
- More Stolpersteine gone missing
- Lufthansa takes over direct flights from Berlin to New York
- Corrupt policeman sentenced to prison on probation
- Bus sculpture is coming to Brandenburger Tor
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5min
November 08, 2017 08.11.2017
- Berliner charged with recruiting young girls on Darknet
- Berlin plans green bicycle lanes
- Bomb to be diffused in Potsdam
- Political motive behind Stolpersteine theft
- Union Christmas Singing sold out after one day
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5min

FAQs about Berlin Briefing:

How many episodes does Berlin Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 1,396 episodes available.