The law also applies to soldiers and still needs approval from the upper house of parliament.
28 Apr 2017 3:21 PM
The prohibition will apply to public servants -- including election officials, military and judicial staff -- performing their duties.
28 Apr 2017 9:21 AM
The leaders of the other 27 EU nations will meet on April 29 to set down the bloc's 'red lines'.
27 Apr 2017 2:27 PM
Ivanka Trump shrugged off the audience’s reaction saying it was a part of politics and that she was used to it.
26 Apr 2017 8:54 AM
More than just a new facility, the centre is a step towards re-establishing a vibrant Jewish community in the former Nazi capital.
09 Apr 2017 3:39 PM
Merkel’s spokesperson Steffen Seibert said in a statement on Thursday that the two leaders had talked by phone on Wednesday afternoon.
06 Apr 2017 1:49 PM
Company spokesman Ralf Kunkel said today that crews spotted the rat when the plane was on its way back to Berlin.
04 Apr 2017 8:16 AM
The arrival of thousands of Muslim migrants in Germany in recent years has rekindled debates about the country's relationship with Islam.
03 Apr 2017 4:26 PM
Investigations confirmed that several members of the mosque had already left Germany for Syria to join extremist Islamic fighters there.
23 Mar 2017 9:31 PM
German media pointed to the incident as another marker of the meeting's general icy mood between the German chancellor and the US president.
19 Mar 2017 7:12 PM
Airport authorities said 448 departures from Tegel, the busier airport, and 194 from Schoenefeld were cancelled.
13 Mar 2017 3:48 PM
Marcel Hesse had been rejected by the German army for being mentally unstable.
13 Mar 2017 11:03 AM
The mall and the parking lot stayed closed on Saturday morning as over a hundred police officers searched the compound.
11 Mar 2017 3:14 PM
In 2015 there were just over 1,000 criminal acts against refugee shelters while in 2014, there were only 199 such cases.
26 Feb 2017 8:32 PM
The report said that the BND had at least 50 telephone numbers, email addresses of journalists or newsrooms under surveillance since 1999.
25 Feb 2017 6:59 PM
Steinmeier is one of Germany's best-known politicians, having twice served as top diplomat under Merkel for a total of seven years.
12 Feb 2017 7:39 PM
Turkey may have been chosen as a target because it has backed rebels in Syria against Islamic State.
29 Dec 2016 8:40 AM
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in Berlin, which killed 12 and injured 56 others.
25 Dec 2016 5:22 AM
The payment includes a $3.1 billion dollar fine and $4.1 billion in relief to consumers in an agreement in principle with US authorities.
23 Dec 2016 9:07 AM
Berlin truck rampage raises concerns across Europe with markets in France tightening security.
23 Dec 2016 2:43 AM