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London ‘master thief’ strikes at Germany’s fanciest store

Wed, 18 May 2016 17:37:28 +0200

A 22-year-old woman from London has been arrested in Berlin after stealing designer goods from KaDeWe, Germany’s most famous luxury department store, local media report.

Luxury store brings back Israeli wine after uproar

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:00:51 +0100

Berlin luxury department store KaDeWe said Sunday that it would resume selling Israeli wines it had pulled from its shelves over new EU labelling guidelines for products from Jewish settlements.

Berlin police show KaDeWe robbery video

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:38:51 +0100

Police have released security camera footage from a December robbery at Berlin's Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) luxury department store, in an appeal for information from members of the public.

Armed heist at Berlin's top department store

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:26:00 +0100

Stunned shoppers looked on in horror as masked robbers made a daylight raid at Germany's most exclusive department store on the busiest shopping day before Christmas.

Berlin shops 'smash glass' to mark pogrom

Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:45:00 +0100

Germany's most famous department store will cover its windows with the jagged pattern of broken glass to mark the 75th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom next week.

KaDeWe heist suspects released because of twin DNA

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:51:00 +0100

Five weeks after their arrest, Berlin police have released two suspects in the spectacular robbery of the city’s KaDeWe department store because DNA tests can’t tell the identical twins apart, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported on Thursday.

Twin KaDeWe robbery suspects headed to Berlin jail

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0100

The twin brother suspects in the KaDeWe jewellery heist will be brought to Berlin on Tuesday where they will be held and interrogated, one of their lawyers told daily Berliner Zeitung.

Twin KaDeWe robbery suspects' family in 'red light scene'

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0100

The 27-year-old twin suspects in the sensational jewellery robbery at Germany’s most famous department store, the KaDeWe in Berlin, apparently have relatives with a criminal past, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported on Friday.

Police arrest brothers in KaDeWe jewellery heist investigation

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:36:00 +0100

More than two weeks after the sensational jewellery robbery at Germany’s most famous department store, the KaDeWe in Berlin, police arrested two suspects in the state of Lower Saxony on Wednesday.

KaDeWe jewellery heist remains a mystery

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:23:00 +0100

Fifty-six clues, but no leads. One week after a spectacular jewellery robbery in Germany’s most famous department store, the KaDeWe in Berlin, the police are still in the dark, authorities said Sunday.

Berlin's KaDeWe hit by huge jewellery heist

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:40:00 +0100

Thieves stole over €1 million in jewels from Berlin’s KaDeWe luxury department story during a spectacular burglary over the weekend, according to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.

US artist implicates Lacoste in Berlin KaDeWe vandalism caper

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:06:00 +0200

Early last Thursday, someone used a fire extinguisher to cover the outdoor display windows of Berlin's upscale department store KaDeWe with grass-green paint.