Berlin
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Every year on the day before the Carnival of Cultures parade, the children's festival takes place in Berlin Kreuzberg and brings children from different social and cultural backgrounds together.
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Despite rainy weather, around 150 demonstrated against rising rents and gentrification in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Due to constant and significant rent increase over the past years, many of the districts former residents have been forced to move away.
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by Maja HitijIn April 2013, French Artist JR and his crew pasted over 15 walls in Berlin, bringing about the project The Wrinkles of the City.
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Berlin job centers were targeted in attacks. They are suspected to be linked to leftist activist, who are calling for a halt of so called ‘Zwangsumzu'
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During the night, seven DHL vehicles were set on fire at the company's complex in Tempelhof. The fire brigade managed to terminate the fire by 3am. A nearby gym was evacuated. No one was injured. The presumed arson attack also damaged the roof.
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London based worldwide renowed sculptor Anish Kapoor opens his exhibition in Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. Anish Kaapor´s exhibition with about 70 works will provide a survey of the abstract poetic work from 1988 to present.
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Since the beginning of 2009 more than 50 arson attacks on high value cars have taken place in Berlin. The "Polizeilicher Staatsschutz", the branch of the police force responsible for politically motiv
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24 people injured, 5 severely hurted, in a collision between a regional-express train and a freight train carrying propane on 16th of April 2009 at the Berlin-Karow train station. The regional train derailed by the impact.
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The 80th anniversary of the Nazi book burnings remebered at the Bebelplatz in Berlin.
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New pink Barbie Dreamhouse Experience opens in Berlin. Women's groups protested the opening saying it is a “cliché of the female role in society," according to reports.
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Around 250 protesters demonstrated against the "Barbie Dreamhouse", a life-sized theme house about the famous fashion doll which opened in Berlin City, which some protesters have called plastic and sexist to women.
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Discussion in the German Parliament about the Military Forces reorganization. The minister of Defence Thomas de Maiziére (CDU) is under pressure due to the use of drones.
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble opens the German Federal Ministry to Finance tour "Strong Euro-Strong Europe" 50 information sessions on general and vocational schools nationwide. The students asked some questions about the crisis in Europe
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After protests in April, the teachers' union GEW initiated a one week strike with a protest in Berlin City, demanding equal payment for all teachers in Berlin, no matter if they are tenured or not. Teachers are demonstrating at Nikolaiplatz, Berlin.
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Ethiopians in Berlin ask for help from the German government to end genocide and dictatorship in Ethiopia.
