Berlin

Hyrox, a sporting event founded in Germany, has exploded in popularity since the end of the pandemic

Minister accuses populists of fomenting hatred following attack on politician

Gallix is a gentle melancholy guide, more analogue, older, European; Oyler is nervily digital, younger, very American in sensibility. They are equally clever

Case of mistaken identity as police snatch man from bus in Berlin wrongly believing him a member of Red Army Faction

Inspired by events in Ireland, the Berlin-based artist has been helping to organise benefit concerts. Germany’s Gaza response has been shocking, she says

A German television report and podcast appears to have produce more decisive leads than three decades of police work

German finance minister Christina Lindner on the challenges facing Germany from the Ukraine war, to inflation, and low growth and productivity

Small Things Like These, based on Claire Keegan’s novella, is dedicated ‘to more than 10,000 young women sent to Magdalene institutions for penance and rehabilitation’

Zoo’s most senior resident, and possibly the oldest flamingo in the world, dies aged 75

Elaine McGoldrick writes how nursing in Ireland drove her to Scotland; and amid rainy summer days Laura Kennedy observes how Australians are tougher than the Irish

Revamped Tacheles is a textbook example of city’s nakedly capitalist direction

Many Irish artists have moved to Germany. A new culture programme, Zeitgeist Irland 24, aims to promote their work over the next year

Architectural solutions to Ireland’s housing shortage have already been road-tested in towns and cities across Europe. The best are going on show in Dublin

Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock reframes October 7th attack by Hamas as double-edged tragedy and the ‘start of a nightmare without end for the people in Israel and Gaza’

Berlin’s state gallery has pulled out all the stops for the city’s first Munch exhibition in 30 years

Tight supply and a shortage of affordable housing are common themes despite recent cooling of prices in several markets

Five Irish Times foreign correspondents looked at rental prices and issues in their city, to get a snapshot of whether the rental crisis in Dublin is also experienced in other parts of the world

Atmosphere is increasingly heated on German streets and on social media

Architect Róisín Heneghan hopes design will help ‘future generations understand and experience this space’

Wagner specialist had first refusal on one of Germany’s most prestigious classical appointments and signed five-year contract

Group called Last Generation wants German government to commit to stop using fossil fuels by 2030

Some locals are angry about the commodification of the city’s once-underground hotspots

Driver draws other half of payment from a €125,000 public fund from the Brandenburg state government

Sell-off of apartments in German capital two decades ago could be reversed for some with corporate landlords holding 3,000-plus units

Conflicting versions of events as man in court for allegedly biting police when asked to move along

Centre is run by state agency created to maintain Russian influence in its neighbourhood and cultivate political and economic interests further afield

Police left red-faced as search is called off

Columbiabad forced to close for a week after battles between gangs of local youths

‘The gold-digger mentality is gone, with people buying silly things for silly money’

Sammy Jo (33) won bronze medal for athletics in 2003 and is set to secure two gold medals in bocce in Berlin, while parents and sister are coaches

Timothy Morahan from Rathmines took gold in the 5,000 metres with a time of 17.35 minutes

Athletes from 187 nations, including a team of 73 from Ireland, are taking part in this year’s World Games in Berlin

In Kairos, her new novel, Jenny Erpenbeck sets out to capture how it really felt to grow up in East Germany

Investigators to present findings on ex-Pink Floyd member to state’s attorney who decide whether or not to indict

Everyone from builders to environmental campaigners is urging Olaf Scholz to intervene in row between his junior coalition partners

Problems facing Germany’s second most expensive rental market are not dissimilar to our own: a lack of new-builds, a surge of new arrivals and a failed rent-cap attempt

Evelyn Zupke describes herself as a ‘model socialist child’ until teenage rebellion kicked in and she realised that the grand promises of German socialism were false

Cyclists and pedestrians can photograph offending vehicles and file a complaint with authorities

Wieland Giebel’s Berlin Story Bunker is a historic warning of growing modern horrors

Any successful unification, a German politician suggests, should take best from both societies rather than just impose one system on the other