Germany's top bankers on Thursday warned Berlin that giant spending plans for infrastructure and defence need to be accompanied by overhauls to cut red tape to get their maximum punch.

On March 6, 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin.

Bundesliga contenders Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen could be forgiven for thinking of their Champions League date before they fulfill challenging domestic obligations this weekend.

Union Berlin’s week went from bad to worse Sunday with a 1-0 loss at home to last-placed Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga. Armin Gigović scored before the break for the visitors, finishing off a counterattack started by team captain Timo Becker and involving Japan forward Shuto Machino.

Then there’s the artist Oliver Prestele, 52, who can be spotted around town wearing fluffy dog-hair hats and giant wooden clogs. Long obsessed with all aspects of traditional Japanese culture, he is one of the city’s most passionate ceramists,

CDU and AfD voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Berlin’s left-wing ruling coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens. Both the CDU and AfD reject Berlin’s globalist agenda of mass immigration and de-industrializing green energy policies.

Serhou Guirassy scored again on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund secured back-to-back wins in the Bundesliga for the first time this season with a 2-0 victory at St. Pauli. But it was far from impressive from Niko Kovač’s team,

New trails are now available at the former Bay Club property near Berlin. Maryland DNR officials say a number of environmental improvements will also be coming to the property – which is now managed by the Maryland Forest Service.

The gap between the leagues is still growing, according to UEFA’s latest annual European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report.