US President Joe Biden sought to prevent Russia's Nord Stream 2 energy pipeline from becoming operational but did not engage in any act of sabotage against the infrastructure, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday

Germany is in close contact with its Danish and Swedish partners regarding the incidents on Nord Stream gas pipelines, though they do not have a significant impact on current gas supplies to Germany, the Federal Network Agency said on Wednesday

Germany will never recognize the results of referendums to join Russia in the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday

Germany refrains from assessing the gas leak incident at the Nord Stream pipelines until investigation results become available, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Wednesday

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi assured the leaders of France, Germany and the head of the European Commission that the future government will continue the pro-European and pro-Atlantic policy, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Wednesday, citing diplomatic sources

The leader of the German Greens, a junior partner in the coalition government, said Wednesday that the European Union must widen sanctions against Iran following protests over a young woman's death

The opposition right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) said on Wednesday that its federal headquarters in Berlin were searched by the city prosecutor's office