Germany

In phone calls with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for an immediate end to the fighting.   Her spokesman reported this on Tuesday. She called in response to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "The Chancellor has pushed for an immediate ceasefire and a return to the negotiating table," said the spokesman. Merkel spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday and with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday. Merkel has also raised the possibility of help from the Minsk group for dialogue. The Minsk Group is a group of mediators led by France, Russia and the US. On Tuesday, the UN Security Council will also hold an emergency meeting due to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. Fighting has broken out again since Sunday...

A security firm from Tel Aviv, Israel, was offered two jewels through a hidden side of the internet that was stolen at the end of November from the Grünes Gewölbe museum in the German city of Dresden, in Saxony.   It was there that the most significant art theft was committed since the Second World War. The diamonds were offered to Israeli buyers via the dark web, a hidden piece of the internet. These are employees of the CGI security firm. The newspaper Bild and the public broadcaster MDR report this. CGI is an Israeli security firm with headquarters in Tel Aviv. It operates worldwide, including former soldiers from the Israeli army and former employees of the Mossad, the Israeli secret service. It concerns two pieces from the collection: a breast star and a shoulder strap. The ...