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Several countries in Europe are still registering a record number of COVID-19 infections this week — here is our summary of the situation across the continent.

A gunman is dead after injuring several people in a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in western Germany.

Russia’s recent ban on crypto has drawn criticism from a number of big names, including Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff Leonid Volkov, and Telegram founder Pavel Durov.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that he had "no doubts" over Germany's determination to stand up to Russia, after Berlin drew anger in Ukraine over its refusal to supply Kyiv with weapons.

The head of the German navy resigned late Saturday after coming under fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia, that were widely circulated online.

There was a small protest of Afghan citizens in Oslo ahead of the Taliban's visit to the Norwegian capital on Sunday.

Germany's conservative Christian Democrats have chosen Friedrich Merz, a critic of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, as their new leader in the hope of reviving the party devastated by last year's general election defeat.

Germany will send a field hospital to Ukraine amid the security crisis between the West and Russia, the country's defence minister said on Saturday — while ruling out military aid for now.

Pope Francis has promised justice for victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church after a report faulted his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI.

Round two of US-Russia talks over Ukraine and security start on Friday.

A lawmaker from Britain's governing Conservatives accused the government of blackmailing opponents of prime minister Boris Johnson as the party's internal rifts deepened following the Downing Street's "Partygate" scandal.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned of "massive consequences" in the event of any Russian military incursion into Ukraine, or any hybrid attacks on the country.

A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese has faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of several cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s.

Several countries in Europe have registered a record number of COVID-19 infections — here is our summary of the situation across the continent.

A Syrian doctor has gone on trial in Germany accused of crimes against humanity during the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

This came after the firm warned that it would have to cut its headcount in half after a funding round in the "high double-digit million range" fell through.In response, Numbrs changed its business model to focus on a paid software-as-a-service subscription model in Germany and the UK. Now it has pivoted once again, moving its headquarters from Zurich to 'Crypto Valley Zug and kitting out an old Swiss army alpine bunker as the secure backbone for the launch of a bitcoin wallet app.Numbrs CEO and chair Fynn Kreuz told Swissinfo that changes to European Union laws to create Open Banking should have made it easier for agile fintechs to plug into the financial system and reach customers.“It should have allowed us to roll out our business by storm.

Emmanuel Macron is outlining his priorities for Europe in a speech to EU lawmakers on Wednesday to launch the French presidency of the bloc.

Toronto-based publicly-traded Blockchain technology company Tokens.com Corp. has launched Hulk Labs, a platform focusing on Crypto-Play-to-Earn gaming and Non-fungible token (NFT) investment.

Europe’s most closely watched government bond yield turned positive for the first time since 2019, part of a broad readjustment by investors to rising inflation and the global economic rebound from the pandemic.

Mercedes has teamed up with Art2People to create an exclusive Mercedes-Benz NFT collection based on its G-Class vehicle line, according to a tweet by the luxury automobile manufacturer.

Founded by BitMEX Group CEO Alexander Höptner and CFO Stephan Lutz, BXM Operations AG announced today its plans to acquire Bankhaus von der Heydt, one of the oldest banks in Europe, to create a regulated crypto one-stop-shop in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.