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Police in Berlin have a arrested a person on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at the German capital's central Alexanderplatz square, a spokeswoman said. The person was detained near the scene of the fire, she said. A fire broke out in the early hours of Monday in a storage room right underneath the overhead train tracks leading to Alexanderplatz train station. According to the fire brigade, high flames and heavy smoke were billowing out of the 50-square-metre room. Thirty-two firefighters were deployed and brought the fire under control. Nobody was injured. According to police, one or...
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On the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift on Sunday, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius hailed the Allies' robust stance against Soviet intimidation, and called for international solidarity in the present day too. "The airlift showed how important it is to do the right thing," Pistorius told a ceremony at the Berlin Airlift Memorial in the German capital. "If our partners had just shrugged their shoulders or argued that the costs were too high and the risks too great, Berlin would very probably have been finished," he said of the resistance to Moscow's blockade of the city in 1948-49....
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On the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift on Sunday, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius hailed the Allies' robust stance against Soviet intimidation, and called for international solidarity in the present day too. "The airlift showed how important it is to do the right thing," Pistorius told a ceremony at the Berlin Airlift Memorial in the German capital. "If our partners had just shrugged their shoulders or argued that the costs were too high and the risks too great, Berlin would very probably have been finished," he said of the resistance to Moscow's blockade of the city in 1948-49....
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The Berlin fire brigade has warned the public of hazardous fumes following a fire at a metal technology company located in the south-west of the city. A fire broke out in a factory on Friday. A technical room on the first floor of a factory building was "fully engulfed in flames," according to a fire brigade spokesman. Chemicals were stored in the metal technology company. As a precautionary measure, the fire brigade had issued a hazard warning. Residents were asked to keep windows and doors closed as the volume of smoke was increasing. The results of air pollution tests were not yet available...
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More than 5,500 police officers from Berlin and other German states are to be deployed in the German capital on May 1 as left-wing groups hold rallies and demonstrations. The demonstrations on May Day, which traditionally focus on workers' rights, have often got out of hand in the past. In recent years, however, the violence has decreased significantly. Nevertheless, the Berlin police intend to accompany the demonstrations in the capital with thousands of officers and a great deal of technical equipment, including water cannons and evacuation vehicles. The left-wing extremist scene remains a f...
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Following the cancellation of a controversial "Palestine Congress" planned for three days in Berlin, the city's police were on Saturday prepared in force for spontaneous protests. Police on Friday broke up the pro-Palestinian conference in the Tempelhof area of Berlin and asked some 250 participants to leave the hall just two hours after the event began. Organizers of the conference had decried Israel's ongoing military offensive in the Gaza Strip, and attacked the German government's support for the Israeli government. According to the police, organizers had registered a demonstration of 1,50...
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Following the cancellation of a controversial "Palestine Congress" planned for three days in Berlin, police in the German capital said they were expecting spontaneous protest events over the weekend. Police on Friday broke up the pro-Palestinian conference in the Tempelhof area of Berlin and asked some 250 participants to leave the venue just two hours into the three-day event. Officers had earlier intervened during remarks via video by an activist who is banned from political activity in Germany due to hate speech against Israel and Jews. When the man spoke police cut off the transmission and...
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German police on Friday broke up a pro-Palestinian conference in the capital Berlin and asked some 250 participants to leave the venue just two hours into the three-day event. Officers had earlier intervened during remarks via video by an activist who is banned from political activity in Germany due to hate speech against Israel and Jews. When the man spoke police cut off the transmission and temporarily switched off the power to the venue for the "Palestine Congress," which was organized by various pro-Palestinian groups. Law enforcement officials then deliberated over their next steps before...
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German police on Friday broke up a pro-Palestinian conference in the capital Berlin and asked some 250 participants to leave the venue just two hours into the three-day event. Officers had already intervened in the event during a speech via video by an activist who is banned from political activity in Germany. When the man spoke police cut off the transmission and temporarily switched off the power to the venue for the "Palestine Congress," which was organized by various pro-Palestinian groups. Before the start of the meeting, politicians including Berlin Mayor Kai Wegener as well as the polic...
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German police have broken up a pro-Palestinian conference in the capital Berlin and asked some 250 participants to leave the venue. Officers had already interrupted the event during a speech via video by an activist who is banned from political activity in Germany. When the man spoke police cut off the transmission and temporarily switched off the power. Various pro-Palestinian groups had organized the three-day "Palestine Congress," but it was shut down after only about two hours. Before the start of the meeting, politicians including Berlin Mayor Kai Wegener and the police had announced that...
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