Berliners want to expropriate 250,000 homes. Here’s what stands in their way.
A group of housing advocates are hoping a new referendum will transfer ownership of a quarter of a million apartments…
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ByWhy the Berlin U-Bahn’s newest trains will actually be the oldest subway trains in Europe
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