Berlin Pride Voting for March – DW – 07/26/2025

The annual Berlinpride parade saw another bumper voting, as hundreds of thousands of people were celebrated on the streets of the German capital in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and quir (LGBTQ+) rights.

Some 80 flots and around 100 running groups were participating in the rally from Berlin Mate to Brandenberg Gate, where a program of stage events has been held.

Amid growing homophobic attacks in Germany, the motto of this year’s incident was “never again.”

Berlin Pride, known as Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Germany, marks the birth of modern gay and gay movements.

The parade is remembered on June 28, 1969, when the police gave the Stonewell in Gay Bar on the Christopher Street in New York.

A counter demonstration, which was organized by far-flung workers, is with the police with a large security operation to keep the protest groups separate, due to what was in Berlin around the same time.

Germany ports require an additional € 15 billion ($ 18 billion) for renewal and expansion in the next decade, warning by the head of the ZDS CIPLANCASIs.

ZDS Chief Angela Titzratha told World On sunday Newspaper’s ports of the country are suffering from “decaying quiz” and “lack of surfaces that can handle heavy loads.”

Titzratha said that additional funds would be only 3% of the new budget of the government to upgrade the country’s infrastructure.

“With that [amount]We can apply all the necessary modernization completely and continuously within 12 years, “he told the newspaper.

In March, the German Parliament approved a historic € 500 trillion infrastructure fund with € 100 trillion for clean energy and climate mitigation projects.

Of the later budget, the government of Chancellor Frederick Merz approved additional € 400 million in four years to help shipping and modernize ports, which protects the planet.

But Tititzrath called Berlin to play a major role in the port investment by increasing the current subsidy from € 38 million to € 500 million, so that the shortcomings of the past would not be repeated. ,

Southern Germany could see up to 150 liters of rainfall per square meter in the next few days, warning the forecaster.

The German Weather Service (DWD) stated that there were forecasts for the weekend and early next week at the end of heavy rains and severe thunderstorms.

DWD stated that the area from the upper Danube River to Ougsburg would be the most difficult on Saturday, which included Lake Constance and Hill Allgu region, as well as Southern Black Forest before spreading into one region.

The agency warned of potential floods at some places.

DWD said that 150 liters of rainfall occurs only every decade.

The southern parts of Germany were killed by severe floods in May and June, while East Germany was killed in September.

The country is still running again in the devastation in western states, especially the AHR Valley, as well as neighboring countries, in July 2021.

At least 189 people died in Germany, while another 700 were injured.

Those floods led to € 33 billion ($ 40 billion) in economic losses.

An injured seal, traveling over 100 kg, is rescued from the banks of the Elbe River in Hamburg, the northern city of Germany.

The sea mammal was discovered by witnesses on Friday late evening who alerted the authorities.

According to a fire brigade spokesperson, the seal suffered a minor injury to its wing.

The rescue team planned to move the seal to an animal shelter, but it was already full. The animal was the one that took to a local wildlife caretaker.

Seals are specifically found in the North Sea or Waden Sea in the coastal region, which are more than 100 kilometers (60 mi) from Hamburg.

The Elbe River is a freshwater environment, which is domestic, not their natural habitat.

Navigating the river for Hamburg, the seal should travel through strong currents, locks and man -made obstacles.

The famous Bereth Festival of Opera of Germany was kicked by Richard Wagner on Friday with a new production of “The Master Singers of Nurnberg”.

Chancellor Frederick Merz and former Chancellor Angela Merkel graced for the inauguration, both political figures report to be a great fan of Wagner.

With his wife Charlotte, Marse prepared the evening as a “spectacular production” features of magnificent platform designs and amazing artists.

The Chancellor used the occasion to confirm his commitment to art in Germany, emphasizing that it only included music and opera but also architecture and modern art.

“We want to defend this against all those who want it to be different,” Mars said.

Hundreds of thousands are expected in the German capital on Saturday to celebrate Berlin Pride or Christopher Street Day (CSD).

A huge parade with 80 trucks is expected to pass through the city, starting from the leapzigger plotz, then moving towards Potsdamer Plots and Showburg before ending at Brandenberg Gate.

The German Police Union (GDP) stated that Berlin officials would conduct a major operation to protect the parade in view of several cars Raming and terrorist attacks and due to the LGBTQ+ community targeted by the extremists from far and wide.

About 1,300 Berlin police officers will be deployed, supported by hundreds of people from other German states.

Two CEAD demonstrations with the expected 400 participants have been registered with Berlin Officers.

The pride ceremony began on Friday with a large -scale rainbow flags outside the Rechstag Building, the house of the German Parliament.

CSD organizers decided to display their own flag after the government rejected the government’s request to hoist the official rainbow flag.

Chancellor Frederick Merz defended the decision, saying, “Bundestag is not a circus tent,” referring to the lower house of the German Parliament.

Christopher Street dese is a reference to the location of Stonewell Inn in Greenwich Village Neighborhood in New York City, where protest against police discrimination in 1969 began the gay liberation movement.

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Berlin hosts one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride events, with hundreds of thousands of people expecting to exit for a magnificent parade through the roads of the German capital.

The Bairuth Festival, the annual summer music ceremony was mainly dedicated to Richard Wagner’s opera, on Friday night.