German Press Agency

Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Mass rejected on Monday Greece's request to impose an arms embargo on Turkey amid the ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) considers that the press article published by the German Press Agency (DPA) and taken over by the German public television station ZDF on the anniversary of the Greater Union Centennial does not reflect the historical truth, contains serious errors and a tendentious approach, specifying that it took action, through the Embassy of Romania in Berlin, with the

A Turkish court has lifted a travel ban on German journalist Meşale Tolu, who was arrested last year on terrorism-related charges, German Press Agency (DPA) reported on Aug. 20, citing a support group. 

Claims that Bulgarian and Romanian 'economic refugees' are abusing the German child welfare system by claiming benefits for children who live outside the country have attracted criticism from the Romanian Foreign Ministry.

Soren Link, the mayor of the western German city of Duisburg, accused the Berlin government of "sleeping through the problem".

A Spanish court on Aug. 20 granted conditional release from custody to German-Turkish writer Doğan Akhanlı a day after police detained him over Ankara's request, his lawyer has said.
  

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Germany's parliamentary defense commissioner, Hans-Peter Bartels, has renewed calls for a joint EU army amid concerns about the reliability of the NATO alliance and disorganization and fragmentation of national defense structures.

German authorities have arrested a suspect with reported links to Islamist groups over the bomb that shattered the bus window of German Champion League football club Borussia Dortumund before Tuesdays night’s match against French club Monaco. Police are also investigating another man.

Hours before the EuroGroup meeting in Brussels, the leader of the German SPD party and former European Parliament Martin Schulz said anyone who turned Europe and Germany against each other were committing a sin against the future of the country. “It is not a wise thing to reiterate the discussion about Greece’s exit from the eurozone.

The Foreign Ministry has denied a report claiming Turkey did not allow a German aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to northern Iraq to land at Ä°ncirlik airbase.