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22.11 / 17:03

Money Violence A one-off or a new trend? Smugglers use luxury boats to bring migrants to Europe

Smugglers attempting to bring in refugees across the Mediterannean are now using luxury sailboats to sneak past authorities on the lesser-known Calabrian route.

22.11 / 14:23

WhatsApp Bitcoin Ex-driver goes on trial in France accused of 'complicity' in Rwanda genocide

Former hotel driver Claude Muhayimana goes on trial in Paris today (November 22) accused of complicity in Rwanda's 1994 genocide by transporting Hutu militiamen who massacred hundreds of Tutsis.

22.11 / 12:21

Adoption Payments Investing Europe Bitpanda New Partner Lydia's 5.5M Users Will be Able to Invest in Crypto

Major French mobile financial services app Lydia is slated to offer its 5.5m users exposure to a wide range of crypto assets after a partnership with the Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda.

21.11 / 21:47

cryptocurrency Bitcoin exit Bulgaria's Rumen Radev wins re-election: Exit polls

Exit polls in Bulgaria suggest that incumbent Rumen Radev is the apparent winner in the country’s presidential runoff. Partial official results are expected later Sunday.

21.11 / 19:35

Blockchain Technology education Monero What is Mimblewimble and how does it work?

Mimblewimble is a privacy-oriented decentralized protocol that uses a novel way of structuring and storing transactions on the blockchain. It was designed and introduced by an anonymous developer who went by the name Tom Elvis Jedusor, who was a French counterpart for “Voldemort” in mid-2016.

19.11 / 17:55

Art Sport Money COVID causes cancellation of popular Christmas market in Germany

One of Germany's most popular Christmas markets has fallen victim to the country's worsening COVID situation.

19.11 / 13:16

Sport Austria extends COVID lockdown and makes vaccination mandatory from February 1

Austria has extended a COVID lockdown to its entire population and made vaccination mandatory from February 1.

19.11 / 12:09

Sport Football Migrants: Latvia installs 'temporary' fence on Belarus border after Poland crisis

Latvia has said it is installing a 37 kilometres-long temporary fence on its border with Belarus, which should be completed by next week as the migrant crisis on the Polish border makes headlines.

19.11 / 11:55

Sport Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Cologne Catholic church holds penance service on sex abuse

Germany's Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne held a service of penance on Thursday for cases of sexual abuse by clergy, saying the ritual was not an absolution for the perpetrators but a “confession of guilt.”

19.11 / 11:27

Sport Football Watch live: Longest near-total lunar eclipse for nearly 600 years

North America and much of South America are set to enjoy a "near-total" lunar eclipse, the longest of its kind since 1440.

19.11 / 09:23

Sport European Union Poland confirms Belarus border camp now cleared as migrants taken to shelter

Authorities in Belarus say the migrant camp on the border with Poland has been cleared, and its people have now been moved to a nearby shelter. Meanwhile, several hundred have been repatriated to Iraq, after giving up any hope of reaching Europe.

19.11 / 09:23

Sport Human Rights rights Europe rights court slams Croatia on Afghan family pushback

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled against Croatia in a 2017 migrant pushback case after which a 6-year-old girl was killed by a train on the border with Serbia.

19.11 / 00:59

Sport Football European Court of Justice EU top court adviser issues opinion on police use of phone location data

An opinion issued by a senior adviser to the European Union’s top court could have far-reaching consequences for criminal investigations going forward after he said that data-retention practices used by Irish police in a high-profile murder case contravened EU law.

18.11 / 21:25

Art Sport News restrictions Germany to introduce tighter restrictions on unvaccinated, says Merkel

Germany will introduce tighter COVID-19 curbs on unvaccinated citizens, said Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday after holding a crisis meeting amid a surge in infections.

18.11 / 18:29

Technology Art Protest restrictions Babiš calls unvaccinated 'selfish' amid protests over new restrictions

Thousands of protesters marched through Prague to protest against new COVID restrictions.

18.11 / 16:00

Art Money History Low Car sales in Europe hit record low due to global microchip shortage

Car sales in Europe hit a record low in October due to microchip shortages, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association said in a statement on Thursday.

18.11 / 15:59

Art Money History COVID in Europe: Germany faces 'terrible Christmas', Czech Republic and Slovakia target unvaccinated

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in various parts of Europe as the cold weather has affected the spread of the virus.

17.11 / 14:18

Survey United Nations Young people Nearly half of young people thinking of emigrating from Bosnia, claims UN survey

Increasing numbers of young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are considering leaving the country without any intention of returning, according to a UN report published on Wednesday.

17.11 / 11:17

Bitcoin France’s Melanion Capital to launch ‘green’ bitcoin-focused Spac

Melanion Capital is to list a special purpose acquisition company focused on acquiring and developing businesses linked to “green and clean bitcoin”.

16.11 / 12:21

Art Support Hungary move to criminalise support of asylum seekers 'infringes EU law'

Hungary's controversial move to criminalise support of asylum seekers infringes EU law, the bloc's top court has ruled.

16.11 / 12:21

Art Families mourn young migrants who died at Belarus-Poland border

The body of a young Syrian migrant who drowned while trying to cross a river on the Belarus-Poland border was buried on Monday.

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