Opinion and Politics

The Kreuzberg gentrification battle continues to rage around the Markthalle 9. Residents of the traditionally left-wing neighbourhood, paradoxically, are protesting

“What Paris Looks Like After Berlin” was a post I wrote in 2014 that generated debate among readers. Which city

Kirill Serebrennikov, a familiar face to the Berlin theatre scene, has been arrested in Russia and will face a show

In Trump’s first nine days since assuming the presidency, he has adopted many positions that recall a ‘fascist style of

20.01.2017 BERLIN. Where does Trump’s inauguration leave us in Europe? Turning points in history are usually distinguished well after the

5 DEC 2016 The international press is dangerously over-dramatising the results of the Italian Referendum, after 60% rejected Italian PM Matteo Renzi’s

29.11.16 Last weekend, I was at one of my favourite olive and salami merchants in Berlin, talking to the Neapolitan

BERLIN, 28 JUNE 2016. I admit I was angry when you decided to leave. I knew it was the worst

BERLIN, 25 JUNE 2016: What will the Brexit earthquake bring? I think it depends on how far you are from

BERLIN, 18 JUNE 2016 Fellow Europeans, let me offer you yet a cup of Brexit poison, one laced with Schadenfreude.

Islamic militants are responsible for what happened today in Paris, but remember that they are precisely what refugees arriving in Europe are running