Rising rents and public protests have urged the Berlin senate to introduce a rent cap, bringing all rents back to the level of 2013.

There was an awkward start to Theresa May's visit to Berlin to meet Angela Merkel today.

Ireland have scorched to three gold medals via Greta Streimikyte, Jason Smyth and Orla Barry on their first day of competition at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin.

The family affairs have continued in Berlin with Jakob Ingebrigtsen leading home brother Henrik to complete an astonishing 1500-5000 double, while the three Borlée brothers combined to win another gold in the men’s 4x400m relay at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin.

Mark English and Zak Curran have both been eliminated in the opening round of the 800m at the

Latest: Berlin police evacuated thousands of people from a central area of the German capital and shut down the main train station as a precaution while they defused an unexploded Second World War bomb found during construction work.

Six people have been detained in connection with what police and prosecutors allege was a plan to carry out an extremist attack on Berlin's half-marathon, German authorities said.

The German daily Die Welt is reporting that police have foiled a knife attack on a half-marathon in Berlin.

Hungary's prime minister says "Christianity is Europe's last hope" and that politicians in Brussels, Berlin and Paris favouring migration have "opened the way to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam".

A hotel in Berlin's central Potsdamer Platz has been evacuated after a fire broke out on an upper floor of the 11-storey building.

Four detainees have escaped from a prison in Berlin, breaking out part of a concrete wall and climbing over a barbed-wire fence, authorities said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to improve the way authorities respond to terror attacks as survivors and dignitaries marked the anniversary of last year’s truck rampage at a Berlin Christmas market.

The musicians took a special train from the Olympic Stadium, near the western end of the U2 line, to the Deutsche Oper stop.

German police have arrested a man suspected of handling stolen objects from the estate of John Lennon, including diaries.

Barack Obama received a rock star welcome in Berlin as he appeared at a public debate with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom he praised as one of his "favourite partners" during his presidency.

Armed police may have to fire at terrorists behind the wheel to stop vehicles being used to mount attacks, a senior officer has said.

The Taoiseach will hold high level talks with the German Chancellor in Berlin today.

Several hundred peace activists have started what they say will be a months-long protest march from Berlin to war-ravaged Syria to urge an end to the fighting there.

The nephew of Berlin truck attack suspect Anis Amri and two other men have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the same extremist network.

Enda Kenny has warned a Berlin-style terror attack could not be ruled out in Ireland.

An international manhunt was under way for the prime suspect in the Berlin Christmas market massacre amid questions over why he was free to carry out the attack.

IT would not be surprising if Germany, a shining example of how to respond to the refugee crisis, was attacked by a zealot who reached that country a destitute supplicant dependent on a culture he opposed. 

As Germany tries to come to terms with the latest terror attack to hit Europe, Angela Merkel must ready for the populist hard-right declarations, writes Josh Lowe

Inaki Ellakuria, a 21-year-old student from Spain, knew immediately that last night's truck crash in Berlin was no accident.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today comdemned today's attacks across Europe and in Turkey.

A series of deadly attacks brought terror to Europe and beyond last night, including the slaying of shoppers at a Christmas market, the assassination of an ambassador, and the shooting of worshippers gathered for prayer.

A three-way coalition of Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party seems likely in the Berlin state legislature, after Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party endured a set-back in local elections in the German capital, official results showed.

The Social Democrats and chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Party have emerged from Berlin state elections as the strongest two parties.

A large number of human bones have been unearthed in an upmarket part of Berlin close to where Nazi scientists performed research on death camp victims' body parts.

More than 120 officers were injured and 86 demonstrators were detained during leftist riots in Berlin which police called "the most aggressive and violent protests in the last five years."

Eric Dier's dramatic stoppage-time header earned England a stunning 3-2 comeback win over world champions Germany in Berlin.

A 23-year-old German man is in custody after falsely claiming to have a bomb inside a suitcase he was trying to take into the US Embassy in Berlin.

A pilot was forced to land his plane in Berlin after a British stag party caused problems on board.