Klaus Wowereit

US singer and actor David Hasselhoff returned Sunday to the city where he symbolically sang for freedom in front of half a million people after the fall of the detested Berlin Wall in 1989.

US singer and actor David Hasselhoff returned Sunday to the city where he symbolically sang for freedom in front of half a million people after the fall of the detested Berlin Wall in 1989.

A property developer in Germany at the centre of running protests over part of the once-detested Berlin Wall being knocked down said on Monday that the dismantling had been temporarily halted.

The opening of Berlin's new main airport has been postponed again after several previous delays, an official said on Monday, in a fresh embarrassment for the city and its under-fire mayor.

A temporary museum at one of the iconic sites of the Cold War, Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie, will open Friday amid a raging debate about a fitting way to mark Europe's divided past.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday became the latest high-profile figure to tell gay footballers they should have no fear of revealing their homosexuality.

German Bailiffs and police on Tuesday cleared a huge building in central Berlin that had been occupied by squatting artists since 1990 and became an iconic magnet for tourists.

Camp costumes and colourful drag flooded the streets of Berlin on Saturday as hundreds of thousands took part in the city's annual Christopher Street Day gay pride parade.

German automaker BMW and New York's Guggenheim Museum opened an urban design "laboratory" in Berlin Friday after protests by angry residents of a trendy district forced them to a new location.

A German ad from 2006 featuring two male soccer players sharing a kiss went viral on Monday. ?A German ad from 2006 featuring two male soccer players sharing a kiss went viral on Monday. In the ad, two male soccer players are seen sharing a post-game smooch under the headline: ?Would you also beat up your favorite player for this?? Gay rights advocate Maneo produced the ad in 2006 as Germany hosted the FIFA World Cup, gay sports blog Outsports.com reported. Outsports' Jim Buzinski wrote: ?With Euro 2012 dominating the soccer world for the month, and against the backdrop of gays being warned against being open in Ukraine, one of the host countries, we find a poster from a German group that asks fans to consider homophobia.? ?I first saw this on Facebook and it has 1,700 likes and 500 shares, so it is having an impact,? he added. According to its website, the Berlin-based Maneo was established in 1990 and is ?the most experienced and best known gay anti-violence project in Germany.? Mane

Red-faced authorities said Tuesday they had delayed indefinitely the opening of Berlin's new main airport due to fire safety problems, in a shock move that angered politicians and the industry.

BERLIN (Reuters) - When Pope Benedict visits his native Germany later this week, the anarchists, gays and radicals planning to protest against his presence should be the least of his worries.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The humiliation of Angela Merkel's allies in Berlin state elections offers her short-term relief in highlighting the risks of an explicitly 'eurosceptic' platform; but the vote dramatizes a shift in Germany's political landscape unlikely to benefit the chancellor.

Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, an openly gay man, won a third term on Sunday. ?Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, an openly gay man, won a third term on Sunday. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD), of which Wowereit is a member, held on to power during the regional elections in Berlin. However, the party's coalition partner, the socialist Left Party, has been voted out. A likely partner is the Greens. Wowereit was first elected mayor of Germany's largest city in 2001. He came out gay during a convention of the Berlin SPD. He received thunderous applause when he said: ?I'm gay, and that is good the way it is.? The 57-year-old Wowereit has said he came out to thwart the plans of the German tabloids which were already ?on the right track.? Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe is also gay and was first elected in 2001. Wowereit's strong finish has the media speculating that he could succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2013. ?It is easy to underestim

Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition suffered a painful blow in a regional election in Berlin Sunday, early results showed, amid voter anger over the German leader's handling of the eurozone debt crisis.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition suffered a painful blow in a regional election in Berlin Sunday, early results showed, amid voter anger over the German leader's handling of the eurozone debt crisis.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats beat Angela Merkel's conservatives in a regional vote in Berlin on Sunday, handing the chancellor her sixth election defeat this year ahead of a key euro zone vote in parliament in two weeks' time.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats beat Angela Merkel's conservatives in a regional vote in Berlin on Sunday, handing the chancellor her sixth election defeat this year ahead of a key euro zone vote in parliament in two weeks' time.

ERFURT, Germany (Reuters) - Indifference, irritation and, inevitably, protest will likely mark a papal trip to the former East Germany that includes an historic meeting in the one-time home of Martin Luther to find ways Catholics and Protestants can work together to save Germany's soul.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians urged tough action Thursday against a surge in arson attacks on cars in Berlin, blamed by some on the far right or far left, but by the police on common criminals.