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Here’s your quick update on what’s happening around the city - from urgent alerts to stories in the subreddit. Let’s dive in.

📰 Top Stories

🇩🇪 Uncertain future for Berlin addiction prevention: social projects on the brink of collapse (3 minute read)

Berlin’s outreach drug services risk collapse as a €30 million package from a 2023 security summit—funding vital streetwork, consumption rooms and youth support at hotspots like Görlitzer Park—expires on Dec. 31 and inclusion in the 2026/27 budget is undecided. Social workers warn contracts will end, undermining harm reduction and possibly raising overdoses after last year’s record 294 drug deaths; officials defer comment while budget talks begin after the summer.

rbb24 - 2025-08-16

🇩🇪 Using Helsinki as a model: how Berlin could reduce the number of traffic fatalities (4 minute read)

Experts urge Berlin to copy Helsinki—where a year passed without road fatalities—to curb rising traffic deaths. UDV chief Kirstin Zeidler recommends more crossings and median islands, clearer sightlines, separated signal phases, tougher speed enforcement and better public‑transport integration. Berlin recorded 55 road deaths last year, many at intersections and among seniors.

rbb24 - 2025-08-16

🇩🇪 Cheese, wine, fun drink: these foods are now being recalled (2 minute read)

German authorities recall multiple products: 250‑ml slush drinks (Toxic Waste, Slush Puppie, ICEE) sold at Action have excess glycerin—risking children and light adults if overconsumed. Vinnocence alcohol‑free wines may re‑ferment and break bottles; Globus recalls certain Camembert for suspected Listeria; a Shiva Shop Liver‑Tabs supplement contains toxic Cassia occidentalis. Check batches and avoid affected items.

Berliner Zeitung - 2025-08-16

⚡ Quick Hits

• 🇩🇪 Capital region: Dry summer weather at the weekend (Berliner Zeitung, 1 minute read)

• 🇬🇧 Germany to create national security council (Deutsche Welle (DW), 4 minute read)

• 🇩🇪 Berlin outdoor pool season: Crimes up slightly, visitor numbers down (Berliner Zeitung, 2 minute read)

• 🇩🇪 Summer coolness reduces the risk of forest fires somewhat (rbb24, 2 minute read)

• 🇬🇧 Tierpark: How the people’s zoo rose from the ruins - The Berliner (The Berliner, 6 minute read)

💬 What Berliners Are Talking About (from r/berlin)

• 🗣️ cops being weird about breasts at the lake - Debate over police enforcing topless rules despite Berlin law and unequal treatment.

• 🗣️ BVG(Jelbi) and MVV Apps reject my US-issued credit cards under Mode of Payment. - Travelers share frustration and workarounds after German transit apps reject US cards.

• 🗣️ S-Bahn-Chef: Probleme kurzfristig unlösbar - Readers realized the article is outdated and debated how bad Berlin transit really is.

👋 That's a wrap!

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