Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has suspended a digital reporting system for authorities after indications of a possible data leak, it announced on Friday. “The security authorities have been called in and the Federal Office for Information Security is analysing the situation,” the office in the western city of Wie

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed outrage at Friday’s telephone call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “In my opinion, Olaf’s call opens Pandora’s box,” said Zelensky in a video message posted on social media platforms. “Now there may be other conversations

VIENNA (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazrom will cut off supplies to Austria’s OMV utility early Saturday, Austria’s chancellor said Friday, adding that his country’s underground gas storage was full and that it had alternative, non-Russia supplies. The cutoff follows OMV’s announcement that it would stop paying for Gazprom gas to

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for an hour by phone on Friday, the first conversation between the two leaders in nearly two years, dpa has learned. Scholz had said last weekend that he wanted to resume a dialogue with Putin “soon” to discuss the conflict in Ukraine. “We have to […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is reactivating its embassy in the capital of North Korea, becoming the second Western nation after Sweden to resume operations that were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the foreign ministry in Warsaw said Friday. The move opens a channel of communication between Poland, a NATO member state, and Pyongyang, [&hel