https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Commerzbank has reached a preliminary agreement with US authorities to pay more than €800 million for violating sanctions on Iran and Sudan, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141212/commerzbank-to-bay-1b-on-iran-sanctions Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:14:00 +0100 commerzbank-to-bay-1b-on-iran-sanctions German airline Lufthansa, the last European carrier with direct flights to Sudan, will end its service in January, a company document obtained on Sunday says, citing economic reasons. https://www.thelocal.de/20131110/germanys-lufthansa-to-end-sudan-flights Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:10:37 +0100 germanys-lufthansa-to-end-sudan-flights An anti-Islam far-right group wants to stage a Berlin screening of the provocative anti-Islamic film that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world, a report said. https://www.thelocal.de/20120916/44997 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:38:00 +0200 44997 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday voiced her "great concern" about the violence spreading in Arab countries over an anti-Islamic film as she condemned an attack on the German embassy in Khartoum. https://www.thelocal.de/20120915/44985 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:15:00 +0200 44985 Germany condemned what the foreign minister called a hate video on Friday after thousands of protesters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum stormed the German embassy and set it on fire in fury. https://www.thelocal.de/20120914/44975 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:50:00 +0200 44975 Two German aid workers were freed on Tuesday more than a month after they were kidnapped from their offices by gunmen in south Darfur, Germany's foreign ministry said. https://www.thelocal.de/20100727/28777 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:54:00 +0200 28777 Two German humanitarian workers were abducted late on Tuesday when gunmen swooped on the offices of the THW group in south Darfur, a United Nations official said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100623/28041 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:13:00 +0200 28041 Bandits who kidnapped 11 tourists in the Egyptian desert have asked for Germany to be responsible for paying a ransom of €6 million ($8.8 million), an Egyptian security official said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080925/14527 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:20:00 +0200 14527