Google F#€ks Off
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Google has abandoned plans to open its so-called Campus in Kreuzberg. This follows a long campaign by anti-gentrification activists. Stickers and squatting still work. Armed robbers held up a cash delivery van near Alexanderplatz, but fled empty-handed after their getaway car got a flat tire. Police suspect an eastern European gang as they used AK47 guns. Are you one of the 60,000 Berliners without health insurance? The city is opening a center to help provide emergency care and get you signed up. It's at the Stadtmission am Hauptbahnhof. More info here: https://bit.ly/2Przf9i This weekend take a look inside the unfinished U-Bahn station at Unter den Linden, which will eventually connect the extended U5 with the U6. It’s open until 8pm on Saturday and 2pm on Sunday. Come along to our live recording in front of an audience at Prachtwerk in Neukölln on Sunday October 28. Doors open at 5.30pm, the show starts at 6pm, entry is free. This show was presented by Joel Dullroy and Daniel Stern, and brought to you by radioeins.
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