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:

October 23, 2017 23.10.2017
- Thousands gather against racism
- Xavier cleanup work continues until March 2018
- 20.000 new apartments created this year
- Police report
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6min
October 20, 2017 20.10.2017
- Informant encouraged execution of terror attacks
- Police against dealers, thugs and fraudsters at Hermannplatz
- Coalition wants to promote projects against extremism
- Stroller rolls onto road
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4min
October 19, 2017 19.10.2017
- Demonstration against AfD in the Bundestag planned
- Helicopter laser attacker sentenced
- Berlin wants to protect tradespeople from exploding rents
- Tiergarten murderer could have been deported
- 80km/h too fast. Truck driver caught speeding on A100.
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5min
October 18, 2017 18.10.2017
- Trial against Peter Steudtner is scheduled for October 25th
- Transfer organization for Air Berlin employees seems possible
- 30.000 homeless people in Berlin
- School evacuated due to leaked gas irritant
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5min
October 17, 2017 17.10.2017
- Police working hard against parking violators
- Murder trial will restart in November
- New fast train connection between Berlin and Munich
- Dropped pants convict drug dealer
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October 16, 2017 16.10.2017
- Transparency issues at taxi businesses
- Hertha players take a knee against discrimination
- Employment office opens temporary branch in Air Berlin headquarters
- Many Berliners complain about undelivered mail and packages
- Police reports
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6min
October 13, 2017 13.10.2017 - Episode 100
- Lufthansa buys bigger part of Air Berlin
- Special investigator publishes final report on Berlin Terror attack
- Berlin is a founder’s city – of cheap labor
- Police investigated 17 hours on flatulence
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5min
October 12, 2017 12.10.2017
- Breitscheidplatz attacker could have been deported
- Postbank employees on strike
- Cable thefts cause S-Bahn disturbances
- Tickets for European athletics championship are selling well
- Berlin drags down Germany’s economic power
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4min
October 11, 2017 11.10.2017
- Breitscheidplatz attacker could have been deported
- Postbank employees on strike
- Cable thefts cause S-Bahn disturbances
- Tickets for European athletics championship are selling well
- Berlin drags down Germany’s economic power
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4min
October 10, 2017 10.10.2017
- Seals and blank documents from Ausländerbehörde stolen
- Air Berlin flights to cease this month
- Three injured in Chlorine gas accident
- Illegal hostel shut down
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5min

FAQs about Berlin Briefing:

How many episodes does Berlin Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 1,396 episodes available.