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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      The best books of the week
      Germany’s chaotic year: 1923 and the lessons for today

      Crisis bred crisis in the Weimar Republic. On the centenary of the turbulent period, two books offer a reminder of the vigilance required to sustain democracy

    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      InterviewVisual Arts
      Fotografiska Berlin: where photography and focaccia are on the menu

      An imposing building is the latest outpost of the innovative Fotografiska museum group, chaired by Yoram Roth

      An imposing four-storey building with a pyramid-shaped structure on the roof at one end is pictured at twilight with lights glowing inside
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      FT SeriesExtreme renting
      Extreme renting: limits on rents leave Berlin’s new tenants vying for homes

      Housing costs have skyrocketed in a city once known as ‘hip and cheap’

      Montage of apartments and chart lines
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Descent into hell: writers and artists in Hitler’s Germany

      Two books paint a portrait of a brilliant generation falling prey to barbarism under the Third Reich

      Actor Marlene Dietrich poses in cabaret costume in a film from 1930
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Germany’s new security strategy matters for Europe’s defence Premium content
      Olaf Sholz
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Due Diligence
      Private equity hit by Earth, Wind and Fire in Berlin Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, 13 women accuse Crispin Odey of harassment, abuse and fostering a toxic workplace

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      Climate change
      COP28 head at odds with climate leaders over future for fossil fuels

      UN climate summit incoming head and Adnoc CEO doubles down on push for carbon capture technology

      Sultan al-Jaber and Annalena Baerbock
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      EU budget rules
      EU reforms of fiscal rules hit resistance among big capitals

      Germany clashes with Paris and Rome on whether new approach offers member states too much discretion

      A man arranged EU and Ukraine flags
    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Germany seeks to limit Brussels’ scope on national debt reduction plans

      Finance minister Christian Lindner is sceptical about European Commission’s role as fiscal enforcer

      German finance minister Christian Lindner
    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      InterviewTelevision
      Deutschland 83 creator Anna Winger on why refugee stories matter

      The Berlin-based American screenwriter talks about the plight of wartime Jews in her new series Transatlantic

      Berlin-based American screenwriter Anna Winger in an armchair
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      FT Wealth
      Rising interest rates bring German luxury property to a standstill

      Cities see prime property sales dwindle as sellers refuse to budge on price and buyers will not pay

      Dwelling houses in the avenue Johns, Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany
    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      HTSIThe 2023 women’s style special
      Cult Shop: a cool temple of design in Berlin

      The Square is a cross between store, gallery and super-chic apartment

      Berlin-based fashion, art and lifestyle store The Square
    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      German politics
      Olaf Scholz’s party loses Berlin election to CDU

      Result of the rerun of the 2021 poll in the German capital is a blow to the chancellor’s Social Democrats

      Supporters of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party celebrate the results of elections in Berlin on Sunday
    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      German election
      ‘Dysfunctional’ Berlin holds rerun after election chaos

      German capital has been governed by centre-left coalitions for more than two decades

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      ReviewMusic
      Simon Boccanegra, Deutsche Oper Berlin — politics and poisoning in Verdi’s dark thriller

      The capable cast fail to redeem Vasily Barkhatov’s lacklustre new production

      A man wearing a suit stands and gestures; with him are three women dressed in matching red skirts and scarves and grey jackets
    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Travelista
      Five industrial landmarks turned chic hotels

      Brilliantly upcycled escapes, from Tasmania to Mexico

      Wm Mulherin’s Sons in Philadelphia
    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Technology sector
      Flink hits €400mn in sales as German grocery app seeks to narrow losses

      Berlin-based start-up aims for profits next year as rivals struggle for cash

      A delivery cyclist travels past roadside adverts for Flink in Berlin
    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      House & Home Christmas Special 2022
      Hot property: five homes for sale with Christmas spirit

      From a penthouse apartment in Manhattan’s Upper East Side to an Austrian farmhouse with easy access to the slopes

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      ReviewMusic
      Der fliegende Holländer, Komische Oper — Wagner meets Pirates of the Caribbean

      New Berlin production has tawdry visuals and ear-splittingly loud music

      Three people in ghostly white makeup, a woman in an orange dress, a sea captain and a fop in black velvet
    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      ReviewMusic
      René Jacobs takes a hatchet to Vivaldi with Il Giustino

      The first opera by the composer to be performed at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden provides an effervescent evening

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      German politics
      Berlin’s chaotic regional election must be rerun, court orders

      Pandemonium at last year’s state parliament poll included shortages of ballot boxes and papers

      A man is given his ballot papers at a polling station in Berlin
    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      Residential
      Fantasy home: a desire to recreate the past, just like the film, Good Bye Lenin!

      To overcome feelings of disquiet, our writer, like Daniel Brühl’s character, would borrow what he loved about his previous homes to shape his abode

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Political espionage
      Former security guard at British embassy in Berlin admits spying for Russia

      David Ballantyne Smith attempted to communicate with Moscow military attaché, among other offences

      David Ballantyne Smith at his Old Bailey court trial
    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Europe’s Franco-German motor needs mending

      Berlin and Paris should each pay heed to the other’s concerns

      Emmanuel Macron greets Olaf Scholz at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Despite differences of style between the leaders, there is scope to find common ground
    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      FT MagazineYuan Yang
      From East Berlin to Beijing, surveillance goes in circles

      Lessons from a trip to the Stasi’s former HQ

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