City-states

The Return of Nightingales to Berlin

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

It can be restorative just to slow down and exalt in a little bit of nature. Producer Alexa Dvorson had such a chance one recent night in Berlin, where she happened upon an early spring arrival to one of the city’s parks.

IKEA Apologizes for Having Used Political Prisoners’ Labor in East Germany

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

German Town Asks Berlin to Pay Back 450-Year-Old Loan

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Cold War beginnings: the Berlin Blockade in audio

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

Protest songs

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Owning a piece of the Berlin Wall

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Twenty years ago, the wall that divided East and West Berlin came down in dramatic fashion. Since that time, the Berlin Wall has been broken up. Former Berlin resident Juliane Camfield tells Alex Gallafent she could never own a piece of the wall.

Geo answer

August 14, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the independent state of Monaco. The Mediterranean city state’s ruler Prince Albert II announced he’s scrapping a multi-billion dollar plan to expand into the sea because of the global economic downturn. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from the Globe and Mail’s European business reporter Eric Reguly.

Geo answer: Tempelhof airport

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Tempelhof Airport. The World’s David Leveille reports that Berlin’s city officials want to close the airport down. But supporters say it should stay open, in honor of its role during the historic Berlin Airport in 1948 and 1949.