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Reuters was told that the cabinet is expected to adopt that decision tomorrow.
Germany is ready to lift the travel ban for the member states of the European Union and Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland from June 15, unless there is a ban on entering those countries and extensive restrictive measures.

Greek tourism officials are cautiously optimistic about the possibility of salvaging part of this year's tourist season after the official announcement of the German government on Wednesday to lift a travel directive issued in March.

Negotiations to lift restrictions on tourist travel within the EU are making progress, but no final decision has been reached yet. This was announced by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who hopes that a common European solution will be reached within weeks and the restrictions will be lifted.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has praised the reform effort of the new conservative government in Greece as well as the steps taken to address the migration problem, state-run Athens-Macedonian news agency (ANA-MPA) reports.

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held a news conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Ankara on Sept. 5.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said they want relations with Turkey to normalize.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on April 23 said he hopes a dispute between Germany and Turkey over elections campaigning in Germany doesn't repeat.

The German government has threatened companies like Facebook and Twitter with fines of up to EUR 50 M unless they take certain measures against the publication of incinatory materials and slander, reported DPA.

Two ministers from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government have voiced support for Turkey's European Union bid, two days before elections in three federal states will prove if Merkel has lost ground or not due to her open-door migrant policy that came under criticisim especially from nationalist parties.

The German parliament approved overwhelmingly on Friday the deployment of a military mission in support of the international coalition against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

A total of 445 MPs voted in favour of the mission, 146 lawmakers were against, while seven abstained, Deutsche Welle informs.