People who as children were forced into state care by the former communist East German regime will more easily be able to obtain compensation, Berlin said Wednesday, as it sought to lift barriers to claims for payment. The German government's proposed legal change, which will ...
70 years after blockade of city by Soviet forces, Berlin Airlift is recalled
Germany on Sunday marked 70 years since the end of the Soviet blockade that sparked the Berlin Airlift, the spectacular humanitarian rescue mission that was the first major salvo of the Cold War. For almost a year, mainly American and British pilots created a lifeline ...
Yosuke Hosoi: The mission to get it all on film
Studying film in New York, working in TV in Japan, and now living in Berlin, "Yosuke Hosoi says international filmmaking is his calling.
Ryoichi Kurokawa: The electronic artist's code
A self-taught multi-disciplinary artist merging art and electronic music, Ryoichi Kurokawa reconstructs the nature he grew up with software code.
Chinese movies dodge Beijing censors to shine, spotlight taboos, at Berlin film fest
A moving Chinese epic looking at the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, the one-child policy and forced abortion made it past censors to premiere at the Berlin film festival Thursday despite a widening crackdown. "Di jiu tian chang" ("So Long, My Son") by Wang Xiaoshuai, ...
Netflix row overshadows Berlin premiere of film about Spanish lesbians 'Elisa & Marcela'
A row over whether films produced for streaming platform Netflix should be shown at the Berlin Film Festival has overshadowed the premiere of "Elisa & Marcela," Isabel Coixet's tale of two Spanish lesbians. Independent arthouse cinema operators in Germany wrote to German Culture Minister Monika ...
Ryoko Hori: The art of massage and crafts
Born and raised in Osaka, Ryoko Hori, 37, moved to Tokyo to study fashion design at the age of 18. As a student she was lucky enough to work for the famous clothing brand Issey Miyake, but she wanted even more experiences in life. ...
"Touch Me Not," a film about intimacy and sex that shocked some viewers with explicit scenes, won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday. Romanian director Adina Pintilie said she had not expected to win the ...
German police present John Lennon diaries and glasses stolen in N.Y., announce arrest
German police presented on Tuesday diaries, pairs of glasses and other items belonging to late Beatle John Lennon that were stolen from his widow, Yoko Ono, in 2006 and eventually ended up in Berlin. Police arrested a man in Berlin on Monday suspected of receiving ...
Zen monk Seigaku: A life with less can be so much more
Japanese monk Seigaku lives a Zen life with as little money as possible in Berlin.
German prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating a 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting plastic bullets from a toy gun at the King of Thailand who was cycling near Munich this month. The king was not hurt. The unidentified youth, together with a 13-year-old who ...
Seiji Ozawa to conduct two Berlin Philharmonic concerts in January
Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa will lead the Berlin Philharmonic for two concerts in the German capital next January, the orchestra said Wednesday. Ozawa, 81, last conducted the Berlin Philharmonic in April of last year, marking his first performance there in about seven years. The upcoming ...
