Eu Financial News
05.04 / 19:49
Social Media
'Would you negotiate with Hitler?': Poland's PM questions Macron over Putin dialogue
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has slammed France's Emmanuel Macron for keeping a channel of dialogue open with Vladimir Putin.
05.04 / 16:31
Digital
EU consults on CBDC legislative issues
In a statement, the Commission says: "For a digital euro to be used as the single currency, concurrently with euro banknotes and coins, it would require a Regulation of the co-legislator, upon a proposal by the Commission, on the basis of Article 133 TFUE. For the Regulation, an impact assessment will be prepared, which will be supported by consultations carried out by both the Commission and the ECB."Running concurrently with the ECB's ongoing consultation assessing the practialities of introducing a CBDC, the new information gathering exercise will deal with the expected impacts on key industries, users, chambers of commerce and other stakeholders in international trade.
05.04 / 15:43
UPS
Provident
Digital
Platform
crypto law
regulatory
Singapore: Latest state to pass crypto law amidst growing regulatory concerns
Singapore on 5 April became the latest Asian state to pass a law on regulating cryptocurrencies. In its tight embrace of cryptocurrencies, the law was passed in Parliament.
05.04 / 15:11
Fighting
Irish finance minister Paschal Donohoe: It’s now or never for an EU banking union
Paschal Donohoe, the Irish finance minister and president of the Eurogroup, the body brings together finance ministers across the bloc, has been fighting for a European banking union for years. Yet the push towards full integration across the bloc has repeatedly stalled.
05.04 / 10:57
Blockchain
cryptocurrency
CryptoExplainer
Bitcoin
Britain Announces Plan To Create A Global Cryptoasset Hub
Britain sets out plan to exploit crypto potential
04.04 / 22:15
COST
Extreme
Fighting
end
Climate change could cost U.S. $2 trillion each year by the end of the century, says White House
Floods, drought, wildfires and hurricanes made worse by climate change could cost the U.S. federal budget about $2 trillion each year by the end of the century, the White House said in an assessment on Monday.
04.04 / 21:05
Climate change
War crimes
IPCC
EU mulls tougher sanctions following Bucha 'atrocities'
Brussels is pushing for a tougher fifth round of sanctions against Moscow following the 'atrocities' revealed over the weekend in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.
04.04 / 20:11
Law
SEC
Europe
Congress
Law Decoded: ‘Unhosted’ wallets are just ‘wallets,’ March 28–April 4
The European Parliament continued to keep crypto users and advocates at the edge of their seats last week as yet another piece of potentially harmful legislation — this time, a set of demanding data disclosure requirements for digital asset service providers — was rushed to a vote mere days after anear miss on banning proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies.
04.04 / 16:39
04.04 / 14:19
NATO
A slow burn: Ukraine war sees Sweden warm to NATO membership
For decades the conventional wisdom of security policy in the Nordic region held that out of the two countries still not NATO members, Sweden would be most likely to apply first, and then, Finland would follow along.
04.04 / 13:27
VISA
MasterCard
Mastercard and Visa overcharged UK firms via ‘Brexit loophole’, multi-billion pound lawsuit claims
Mastercard and Visa are set to be hit with a multi-billion pound legal claim alleging they used a loophole to overcharge UK businesses post-Brexit.
04.04 / 12:51
War
Moon
'A victory so big you can see it from the moon... and Brussels,' says Hungary's Viktor Orban
Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared victory in Sunday's national elections, claiming a mandate for a fourth term as a still incomplete vote count showed a strong lead for his right-wing party.
03.04 / 10:33
Serbia's presidential and parliamentary elections explained
Serbia will choose its next president on Sunday, 3 April, during a busy day of democracy that will also see MPs and regional assemblies elected.
03.04 / 01:17
Ethereum
Digital
XRP
Bitcoin
How cryptos managed ‘value-based’ investor interest amid global FUD
Different headwinds across the globe have seriously affected digital assets directly or indirectly. These includes everything frominflation concerns, EU anti-crypto amendments to government bans. Whatever the reason be, investors want to reduce their exposure to risky assets.
02.04 / 20:47
Netflix
European Union
Russian troops pull back from areas near Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say
Ukraine and its allies have reported that Russian troops are withdrawing from around Kyiv and Chernihiv, shifting focus to the country's east.
02.04 / 20:47
Pope Francis
Pope Francis criticises Russia's 'infantile and destructive' war in Ukraine
Pope Francis offered his most pointed condemnation of the war in Ukraine, calling out "infantile and destructive aggression" on Saturday during a trip to Malta.
02.04 / 20:47
Hungary election: Who's running? What are the key issues? Will Viktor Orban be waving goodbye?
Hungary's longtime prime minister Viktor Orban will face his toughest challenge yet when the country heads to the polls on Sunday (3 April).
02.04 / 13:13
European Parliament
Support
'You can count on me': Metsola promises EU parliament support for Ukraine to join bloc
The president of the European parliament, Roberta Metsola, promised Ukrainian officials that they had her support in their aspirations to join the European Union.
02.04 / 11:49
European Union
Twelve years of Orban: How the EU has failed to rein in Hungary's democratic backsliding
Viktor Orban, the ultra-conservative Hungarian Prime Minister on the cusp of securing a fifth consecutive term, has built his career on bashing the European Union and has mostly gotten away with it.
02.04 / 10:45
Disaster
Live: Russian forces leaving 'complete disaster' behind, Zelenskyy says
Russia's war in Ukraine is now in its second month and even as Vladimir Putin's forces retreat in the north, Ukraine and its allies have warned that the Kremlin could redeploy its forces to escalate in the east of the country.
02.04 / 08:27
Blockchain
The world has synchronized on Russian crypto sanctions
In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain.
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