Skype started to recover

Skype has started to recover after problems originating from its supernodes, which are directories for finding users online.

Skype's engineers are working to resolve these issues while the company tweeted: "Some of you may have problems signing to Skype - we're investigating, and we're sorry for the disruption to your conversations."

Only 30% of Skype's userbase can access the service at the moment; an outage at a period when millions of people - including numerous expats - are using their service.

Sources: Mashable, ComputerWorld