A foreign state may require proof of authenticity for a German public document. International treaties between Germany and certain countries regulate this matter. Accordingly, different procedures ...

Sometimes, even when abroad, Germans and foreigners may need to have documents certified or signatures or manual signs, transcripts or copies authenticated. Local notaries and authorities are not ...

Legal Basis German consular officers are empowered by statute to undertake such legal acts for the purposes of German law (section 2 of the Konsulargesetz (Consular Act)). Documents executed ...

We are deeply concerned about the current situation in Georgia. International observers reported violations during the election campaign as well as on election day. We condemn all violation of ...

Alle Deutschen in Libanon sind seit Oktober 2023 zur Ausreise aufgefordert. Angesichts der Lage hat das Auswärtige Amt die Krisenstufe für die Auslandsvertretungen in Beirut, Ramallah und Tel ...

Every year, Germany is short of at least 400,000 skilled workers. 400,000 clever minds and even more agile hands to keep our country running – in the skilled crafts sector, in the care sector ...

Today, near Jenin in the West Bank, the Israeli army fired shots in the direction of a registered diplomatic delegation including a German diplomat as well as a driver from the Representative ...

Since the seizure of power by the Taliban de facto authorities, the women and girls of Afghanistan have been subjected to the most severe systematic human rights violations. Various decrees ...

Wir begrüßen den heutigen Aufruf Abdullah Öcalans an die PKK und die mit ihr verbundenen Gruppierungen, die Waffen niederzulegen und die PKK aufzulösen. Damit bietet sich die historische ...

Grandmothers braving the bitter cold, refusing to be intimidated by the truncheons wielded by the security forces. Young people soaked to the skin, facing water cannons with nothing but European ...

Die israelische Militäroperation “Iron Wall” im nördlichen Westjordanland dauert nun seit fünf Wochen an. Sie hat bereits dazu geführt, dass 40.000 Personen aus den Flüchtlingslagern ...

As we mark two years since Russia’s illegal annexation of portions of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, we the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany ...