Music

Legendary Berlin punk club SO36 loses lease

The legendary punk club SO36 in Berlin's Kreuzberg district has had its lease cancelled and could be forced to shut down early next year, daily newspaper <i>Der Tagesspiegel</i> reported on Friday.

Music

Berlin's CBGB faces curtain call

Berlin’s seminal punk venue SO36 might be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, but it’s also on the verge of being shut down. Michael Dumiak looks at efforts to save Germany’s very own CBGB.

Berlin

Berlin police beef up search for anarchist car arsonists

Berlin police are stepping up their efforts to nab anarchists who burn dozens of luxury cars in the city each year, state interior minister Ehrhart Körting told daily <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> on Tuesday.

Berlin

Measuring Kreuzberg's mosque tolerance

Germans in several cities are complaining about plans to build new mosques, but <b>Ben Knight</b> finds it’s the integrated Muslims in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district eyeing a new house of worship there most sceptically.

Crime

Top cop: don't park fancy ride in Kreuzberg

Berlin police chief Dieter Glietsch has sparked a storm of criticism by warning the owners of fancy cars not to park overnight in the city's Kreuzberg district after a rash of auto arson.

Music

May Day in Kreuzberg: music trumps riots

<b>Berlin’s Kreuzberg district has seen May Day riots for over 20 years, but Sarah Roberts reports on how the neighbourhood is hoping this year will be different.</b>

Election

Obama wins Berlin on Super Tuesday

Barack Obama won a landslide victory with 80 percent of the votes on Tuesday night in the Berlin leg of the Democratic primaries. The vote at the Max and Moritz bar in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin attracted 200 of the 10,000 living in Berlin. Americans who are registered to vote in a state can vote directly in their state elections via an absentee ballot.