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10.02 / 00:01

Sport Bitcoin Paris attacks trial: 'I didn't kill or hurt anyone,' main defendant tells court

The main defendant on trial over the Paris terror attacks has told the court that he "did not kill or hurt anyone".

09.02 / 23:01

cryptocurrency Sport Pope Francis Bitcoin Pope Francis on potential conflict in Ukraine: 'War is insane'

Pope Francis said he hopes that the diplomatic process will help avoid armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine because "war is insane."

09.02 / 16:05

Technology cryptocurrency Football Freedom Convoy Is a Canada-style 'Freedom Convoy' protest set to descend on Paris?

French people opposed to the country’s vaccine pass system are planning to drive to Paris en masse in protests inspired by the so-called Freedom Convoy in Canada, according to organisers on social media.

09.02 / 13:02

Bumper inflows push Amundi past €2tn assets mark

Amundi, the French asset manager, pulled in €66bn of new money during the final three months of 2021, fuelled by its retail business and joint ventures in Asia.

09.02 / 12:03

Technology Survey NATO Ukraine crisis: Majorities across EU 'think Russia will invade Ukraine' this year, reveals survey

A majority of people across the European Union think Russia will invade Ukraine this year — and believe the EU and NATO should come to Kyiv's aid in the event of Russian aggression, according to a new pan-European survey.

08.02 / 13:13

History Kyiv Ukraine crisis: Macron heads to Kyiv as French president and Putin pledge to speak again

Emmanuel Macron heads to Kyiv on Tuesday, a day after his long meeting with Vladimir Putin, as the diplomatic drive continues to defuse tensions in the military standoff between Russia and Ukraine.

08.02 / 10:33

Target BNP Paribas looks to bump shareholder payouts

BNP Paribas plans to raise the proportion of earnings it pays to shareholders through 2025, joining a cohort of European lenders in increasing shareholder returns after the European Central Bank lifted the restrictions on payouts it had imposed at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

07.02 / 09:29

interview Food Sexual assault Winter Olympics Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai says sex assault allegation was 'enormous misunderstanding'

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has told a French newspaper that international concern over her well-being is based on “an enormous misunderstanding” and she denied having accused a high-ranking Chinese official of sexual assault.

06.02 / 08:19

Blockchain Adoption Europe Are NFTs an animal to be regulated? A European approach to decentralization, Part 1

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are constantly in the news. NFT platforms are springing up like mushrooms and champions are emerging, such as OpenSea. It is a real platform economy that is emerging, like those in which YouTube or Booking.com gained a foothold. But it is a very young economy — one that is struggling to understand the legal issues that apply to it.

05.02 / 21:31

Winter Olympics COVID in Europe: Austrian vaccination law comes into effect while Danes enjoy eased measures

A new law making vaccination against COVID-19 compulsory for all residents above 18 years of age has come into effect in Austria.

05.02 / 15:07

Marine Le Pen London Support France: far-right presidential candidates vie for support in country-wide rallies

France’s duelling far-right presidential candidates are holding back-to-back campaign rallies on Saturday, trying to steal each other’s thunder and keep their anti-immigration, anti-Islam agenda front and centre in the race for the April presidential election.

05.02 / 14:03

London Ukraine crisis: Xi backs Putin as von der Leyen pledges 'robust' sanctions

High-stakes diplomacy continues in a bid to avert a war in Eastern Europe as the Russian military build-up on its border with Ukraine continues to pose a threat.

04.02 / 08:45

Television restrictions Putin mulls loosening COVID-19 restrictions even as Russia cases soar

The Russian president says his government is considering loosening some coronavirus restrictions, even as the country is facing a record-breaking surge of infections because of the highly contagious omicron variant.

04.02 / 00:53

Television Ukraine crisis: US accuses Russia of forming fake plot as invasion pretext

The United States has accused Russia of fabricating an attack by Ukrainian forces as a pretext to invade.

03.02 / 23:59

Television Four senior aides to Boris Johnson resign in wake of 'Partygate' scandal

Four senior aides to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday in the wake of the Downing Street 'Partygate' scandal.

03.02 / 09:45

Art In France, Emmanuel Macron calls for new rules to halt migrant flows

French President Emmanuel Macron is taking aim at migration — a core issue in the country's presidential campaign — by pushing to strengthen the European Union's external borders against people illegally entering the bloc’s passport-free area.

02.02 / 13:49

Art Electric car sales accelerate as Europe turns away from diesel

Europeans bought as many hybrid cars as they did diesel in Europe in 2021 for the first time as the European Commission presses forward with its intention to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035.

02.02 / 10:33

Catholic Church Spain moves closer to investigation into child sex abuse within Catholic Church

Spain has moved a step closer to investigating allegations of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

01.02 / 21:21

Putin says US and allies ignored Russia's security demands

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the US had ignored Russia's demands that NATO not expand eastward in his first remarks on rising tensions over Ukraine in more than a month.

01.02 / 19:07

History News Far-right extremist Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, has parole request rejected

The Norwegian judiciary on Tuesday rejected a request by neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik for parole just 10 years after he killed 77 people in the Nordic country.

01.02 / 16:51

Blockchain Digital Currency regulation Middle east Central Bank of Jordan reveals CBDC plans

Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has revealed that it is researching issuing a digital currency. The central bank digital currency (CBDC) would be linked to the Jordanian dinar and have legal standing.

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