City Berlin Financial News

03.02 / 11:37

Football trends show country Inside Glass half empty? Germany's annual beer sales down again despite soccer's European Championship

German beer sales declined in 2024 despite the country hosting the European Football Championship, continuing a long-term downward trend that has seen sales drop by more than 10% in a decade to their lowest level since the early 1990s

01.02 / 23:15

markets COST Strategy reports travelers Features International UK PM Keir Starmer's travels around the world cost taxpayers a staggering £700,000 in the first three months in office

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's summer of international travel has reportedly cost the taxpayers nearly £700,000 as it is being revealed by the transparency data from the Cabinet Office, reported Daily Mail.

29.01 / 17:07

economy Election wellness Trade show country Germany's government slashes its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%

Germany's government has slashed its 2025 growth forecast for the country’s economy, Europe’s biggest, to just 0.3% after it shrank for two consecutive years

29.01 / 09:11

markets Strategy Election country social rights Germany wouldn’t fly solo on tougher EU immigration

Merz, the frontrunner to become the next German Chancellor, has described the European Union’s asylum system as “dysfunctional” and wants to crack down on irregular immigration at the national level. Although opponents worry this would bring Germany into conflict with its neighbors, many EU countries have already hardened their stance on this issue. German-driven change might be more welcome than many anticipate in Berlin.

24.01 / 00:51

Man Tesla Instagram President beautiful Features rights ‘Heil Tesla’: Elon Musk’s salute projected onto carmaker’s factory in Germany

An image of Elon Musk making a straight-arm, Nazi-like gesture during his speech Monday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration was projected onto Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg on Wednesday night.

21.01 / 19:19

markets Hudson band rock musician innovations Who is Garth Hudson? Legendary keyboardist from 'The Band', passes away at 87

Garth Hudson, the celebrated keyboardist of the legendary rock group The Band, has passed away. His contributions to music have shaped not only The Band’s iconic sound but also the wider rock music scene. His death marks the loss of one of the most innovative and influential musicians of his generation.

21.01 / 17:05

markets Apple Netflix film show Videos Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Peacock new movies, films: Check 'The Night Agent' season 2, 'Watson' and others premiere dates

Peacock on January 24. Writer-director Chris Sanders adapted Peter Brown’s middle grade novel about a smart robot (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o) who gets stranded in the wild, and becomes caretaker for a young gosling.

20.01 / 14:11

UPS Racing country Olympics International athletics What will it take for Indian marathoners to set a new record?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 2004, Kenya’s Paul Tergat held the marathon world record with a timing of 2:04:55, which he had set in Berlin a year earlier. That was the year India witnessed its first serious mass participation road race — then called Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.

20.01 / 08:01

markets UPS Action economy Trade President country Trump’s second presidency signals the end of the Washington Consensus

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The second US presidency of Donald Trump will be the most consequential for any president after World War II. This assessment, shared by many analysts, is best articulated by conservative columnist David Brooks.

16.01 / 07:29

markets economy Election Trade show performer country Germany's economy shrank for the second consecutive year in 2024

The German economy shrank for the second straight year in 2024 as worried consumers held back on spending and Chinese competition ate into the country’s traditional exports of cars and industrial machinery

16.01 / 05:45

markets UPS Manufacturing economy Trade country electronic China has a $1 trillion head start in any tariff fight

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump kicked off a new era of Western economic rivalry with Beijing when he took office in 2017. As he prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever.

15.01 / 02:57

security Trade President country social rights Trump’s return leaves Europe on its own

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Europe is beset by troubles, and the policies of the incoming Trump administration will deepen them. During his first term, Donald Trump insisted that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's European members pay more for their own defense.

14.01 / 06:01

Platform Puzzle Tesla Election show Germany puzzles at Elon Musk’s embrace of its AfD populists

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BERLIN—During Elon Musk’s freewheeling conversation with the leader of a far-right German party last week, spanning Hitler, multiplanetary civilizations and the existence of god, the billionaire tech entrepreneur insisted that the Alternative for Germany was moderate. “Hopefully, people can tell just from this conversation, like nothing outrageous is being proposed, just common sense," he said, during their live discussion on his X social-media platform.

02.01 / 02:41

UPS Gap Food wellness show cover India’s household consumption survey doesn’t feed public policy all that well

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s government recently released the findings of its 2023-24 survey of household consumption expenditure and expressed satisfaction at the seeming narrowing of spending gaps in society at large and between rural and urban populations. Such changes would, of course, be desirable.

01.01 / 06:41

Art awards show stage voice social International 2024: How artists from the subcontinent spread their wings across the globe

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this year, Delhi-based Rohini Devasher became the first Indian to be recognised by Deutsche Bank as their ‘Artist of the Year’ for 2024. This led to her first major monographic exhibition in Europe, ‘Borrowed Light’, which opened in Berlin at the PalaisPopulaire in September and will be on display till early March.

25.12 / 04:31

markets COST UPS Art Career LEGO Courts Can Lego remain the world’s coolest toymaker?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Venus de Milo; “Mona Lisa"; 250 skulls on a mirrored wall; a six-metre Tyrannosaurus rex. You can see all this and more at “The Art of the Brick", a touring exhibition currently in Berlin.

22.12 / 02:19

markets Man Strategy Software reports Schools rights Elon Musk reveals evidence from German attacker’s deleted X account: Calls it “deliberate mass murder”

According to Reiner Haseloff, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt, the suspect had lived in Germany for nearly two decades and was not previously known to authorities as an Islamist. However, the motive behind the attack remains unclear. Verified footage from the German news agency dpa showed the suspect’s arrest at a tram stop, where police held him at gunpoint before taking him into custody.

22.12 / 01:11

markets Citi Software Experts PAM Investigations Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market

The alleged attack Friday evening in Magdeburg, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of Berlin, killed a 9-year-old and four adults and injured 41 people badly enough that authorities warned the death toll could rise. Magdeburg marked the tragedy Saturday with the tolling church bells at 7:04 p.m., the exact time of the attack in the city of roughly 240,000 people.

21.12 / 01:15

markets Citi Man Death show shock medicines Two dead, 60 hurt after car plows into crowd at Christmas market in Germany

Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.The driver was arrested at the scene shortly after the car barreled into the market at around 7 p.m., when it was teeming with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend.Verified bystander footage distributed by the German news agency dpa showed the suspect’s arrest on a walkway in the middle of the road. A nearby police officer pointing a handgun at the man shouted at him as he lay prone.

19.12 / 06:33

COST UPS economy President War medicines Unable to criticize Putin, Russian oligarchs turn ire on central banker

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For more than two years, Russia’s expanding war economy fueled consumer spending and juiced company profits. But latterly, the conflict has pumped up inflation and interest rates, pummeling bottom lines and leaving a trail of disgruntled Russian oligarchs and executives in its wake.

breaking news about city Berlin

What is the current situation in city Berlin?

In city Berlin, the spotlight is on socially significant developments that impact the interests of residents.

Where can I find reliable news about city Berlin?

We publish in-depth coverage about the situation in city Berlin, based on information from trusted sources.

What shapes the media agenda in city Berlin?

The news landscape of city Berlin is shaped by major cultural and social events, reflecting its unique context.