Berlin

Members of Berlin's large Turkish community have vowed to paint the town red when their team comes to the German capital to play the Netherlands in Euro 2024 on July 6.

"The atmosphere will be like a home game for us," said Muhammet Ali Sevilmiş, 36, who runs a phone repair shop in Berlin's Kreuzberg district.

German authorities are set to erect a monument to honor the first generation of Turkish workers, acknowledging their significant contribution to economic development in Germany.

Berlin's Tacheles art squat, a symbol of the anything-goes vibe of the city after the fall of the Wall, is completing a disputed transformation into offices, shops and luxury flats.

An outlet of the Fotografiska museum chain is set to open inside the hulking, battle-scarred edifice on September 14 and the first residents of newly built homes will move in this autumn.

The Eleni Koroneou Gallery (koroneougallery.com) presents a selection of paintings and works on paper by German neo-expressionist Helmut Middendorf, which were created in the period from 1977 to 1988 and were chiefly inspired by daily life, pop culture, and the nightlife and music scene of Berlin's historic Kreuzberg district. The exhibition also includes his early Super-8 films.

The German newspaper "Express" places Bulgaria in fifth place in its ranking for the most budget-friendly summer vacations this year. The newspaper writes:

Designed around the notion of opening up to public view something that has been kept closed or secret, as well as the scene as a sanctuary, the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) presents an expansive exhibition of work by George Xenos, some of which are on public display for the first time.

Sky News specifies that at least 30 people got injured, when a car has driven into a pavement cafe in Berlin.
Local media reported that at least one person was killed.

It's a typical Berlin scene: a long line of sharply dressed people waiting around the corner to get into a club.

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The thud of music from inside the venue, strict entry controls and the chance of waking up with a headache the morning after are all familiar, too.

As in its physical form, the online edition of the Athens Video Dance Project seeks to showcase predominant and emerging trends on the international dance scene. Running from December 18 to 20 on avdp.gr, the event features 70 video presentations from 20 countries, thanks to partnerships with dance film festivals in Berlin, Barcelona, Budapest and Graz, among others.

30 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War.