In 2002, he became the senator for finance in the German state of Berlin.

The state of Berlin is by far the main beneficiary of this rescue fund.

Now the government would like to turn off the tap, but the run-down state of east Berlin means the city needs more aid, not less.

The state of Berlin allows its gymnasien to pick 70% to 65% of their students, the rest being selected by lottery.

Modelled on its Princeton namesake, it is funded mainly by the state of Berlin.

The state of Berlin following German Reunification took over the conservatory.

It now functions as the supreme court of the state of Berlin.

The lake forms the border between the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg.

The canal lies in both the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, and at points forms the boundary between the two.

In the last federal elections the joined the parliament, in the state of Berlin they joined the state government.