Berlin’s handling of the prolonged power outage in the southwest of the city has sparked an angry public debate over priorities, after residents were initially asked to pay €70 per night for hotel accommodation while nearby migrant centers were evacuated and rehoused at public expense. The blackout, now in its third day, has left around … Continue reading Berlin spends billions on migrant accommodation, but asked its own residents surviving in freezing, dark apartments to cough up for hotel stays