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  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Germany’s chaotic year: 1923 and the lessons for today

    Crisis bred crisis in the Weimar Republic. On the centenary of the turbulent period, two books offer a reminder of the vigilance required to sustain democracy

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    InterviewVisual Arts
    Fotografiska Berlin: where photography and focaccia are on the menu

    An imposing building is the latest outpost of the innovative Fotografiska museum group, chaired by Yoram Roth

    An imposing four-storey building with a pyramid-shaped structure on the roof at one end is pictured at twilight with lights glowing inside
  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    FT SeriesExtreme renting
    Extreme renting: limits on rents leave Berlin’s new tenants vying for homes

    Housing costs have skyrocketed in a city once known as ‘hip and cheap’

    Montage of apartments and chart lines
  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Descent into hell: writers and artists in Hitler’s Germany

    Two books paint a portrait of a brilliant generation falling prey to barbarism under the Third Reich

    Actor Marlene Dietrich poses in cabaret costume in a film from 1930
  • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
    Europe Express
    Why Germany’s new security strategy matters for Europe’s defence Premium content
    Olaf Sholz
  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Private equity hit by Earth, Wind and Fire in Berlin Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, 13 women accuse Crispin Odey of harassment, abuse and fostering a toxic workplace

  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    Climate change
    COP28 head at odds with climate leaders over future for fossil fuels

    UN climate summit incoming head and Adnoc CEO doubles down on push for carbon capture technology

    Sultan al-Jaber and Annalena Baerbock
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    EU budget rules
    EU reforms of fiscal rules hit resistance among big capitals

    Germany clashes with Paris and Rome on whether new approach offers member states too much discretion

    A man arranged EU and Ukraine flags
  • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
    Eurozone economy
    Germany seeks to limit Brussels’ scope on national debt reduction plans

    Finance minister Christian Lindner is sceptical about European Commission’s role as fiscal enforcer

    German finance minister Christian Lindner
  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
    InterviewTelevision
    Deutschland 83 creator Anna Winger on why refugee stories matter

    The Berlin-based American screenwriter talks about the plight of wartime Jews in her new series Transatlantic

    Berlin-based American screenwriter Anna Winger in an armchair
  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    FT Wealth
    Rising interest rates bring German luxury property to a standstill

    Cities see prime property sales dwindle as sellers refuse to budge on price and buyers will not pay

    Dwelling houses in the avenue Johns, Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany
  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    HTSIThe 2023 women’s style special
    Cult Shop: a cool temple of design in Berlin

    The Square is a cross between store, gallery and super-chic apartment

    Berlin-based fashion, art and lifestyle store The Square
  • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
    German politics
    Olaf Scholz’s party loses Berlin election to CDU

    Result of the rerun of the 2021 poll in the German capital is a blow to the chancellor’s Social Democrats

    Supporters of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party celebrate the results of elections in Berlin on Sunday
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    German election
    ‘Dysfunctional’ Berlin holds rerun after election chaos

    German capital has been governed by centre-left coalitions for more than two decades

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    ReviewMusic
    Simon Boccanegra, Deutsche Oper Berlin — politics and poisoning in Verdi’s dark thriller

    The capable cast fail to redeem Vasily Barkhatov’s lacklustre new production

    A man wearing a suit stands and gestures; with him are three women dressed in matching red skirts and scarves and grey jackets
  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    Travelista
    Five industrial landmarks turned chic hotels

    Brilliantly upcycled escapes, from Tasmania to Mexico

    Wm Mulherin’s Sons in Philadelphia
  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    Technology sector
    Flink hits €400mn in sales as German grocery app seeks to narrow losses

    Berlin-based start-up aims for profits next year as rivals struggle for cash

    A delivery cyclist travels past roadside adverts for Flink in Berlin
  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    House & Home Christmas Special 2022
    Hot property: five homes for sale with Christmas spirit

    From a penthouse apartment in Manhattan’s Upper East Side to an Austrian farmhouse with easy access to the slopes

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    ReviewMusic
    Der fliegende Holländer, Komische Oper — Wagner meets Pirates of the Caribbean

    New Berlin production has tawdry visuals and ear-splittingly loud music

    Three people in ghostly white makeup, a woman in an orange dress, a sea captain and a fop in black velvet
  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    ReviewMusic
    René Jacobs takes a hatchet to Vivaldi with Il Giustino

    The first opera by the composer to be performed at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden provides an effervescent evening

  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
    German politics
    Berlin’s chaotic regional election must be rerun, court orders

    Pandemonium at last year’s state parliament poll included shortages of ballot boxes and papers

    A man is given his ballot papers at a polling station in Berlin
  • Monday, 14 November, 2022
    Residential
    Fantasy home: a desire to recreate the past, just like the film, Good Bye Lenin!

    To overcome feelings of disquiet, our writer, like Daniel Brühl’s character, would borrow what he loved about his previous homes to shape his abode

  • Friday, 11 November, 2022
    Political espionage
    Former security guard at British embassy in Berlin admits spying for Russia

    David Ballantyne Smith attempted to communicate with Moscow military attaché, among other offences

    David Ballantyne Smith at his Old Bailey court trial
  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Europe’s Franco-German motor needs mending

    Berlin and Paris should each pay heed to the other’s concerns

    Emmanuel Macron greets Olaf Scholz at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Despite differences of style between the leaders, there is scope to find common ground
  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    FT MagazineYuan Yang
    From East Berlin to Beijing, surveillance goes in circles

    Lessons from a trip to the Stasi’s former HQ

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