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24.03 / 15:35

European Union More than half of Ukraine's children displaced since Russia's invasion, says UNICEF

More than half of Ukrainian children have been displaced since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to the United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF).

24.03 / 10:37

European Union Evan Neumann: US man wanted over the Capitol riots is 'granted asylum in Belarus'

An American man suspected of involvement in the Capitol riots has been granted asylum in Belarus, according to reports.

24.03 / 09:17

education European Union Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy urges global protests to mark one month since start of invasion

It has been one month since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.

23.03 / 22:35

education European Union News Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies at 84

Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84.

22.03 / 18:17

European Union Attack Nazi Ukraine war: Man, 96, survived four Nazi death camps but was killed by a Russian missile

He survived being interred at not one, but four World War II Nazi death camps.

22.03 / 13:35

European Union Watch live: Ukraine's president addresses Italy's parliament

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the Italian parliament via video link on Tuesday morning.

22.03 / 11:53

European Union Jail Alexei Navalny: Putin critic could get up to 13 years in jail for fraud conviction

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was found guilty of fraud on Tuesday in a case that could earn him up to 13 years in prison.

22.03 / 10:37

European Union London Romanian killed in London terrorist attack is remembered five years on

The sister of a Romanian tourist who died after a London terrorist attack has paid tribute to her "beautiful, smart and soulful" sibling.

22.03 / 00:41

European Union Brussels agrees on more military aid for Ukraine, but no new sanctions

EU Foreign ministers have reached a political agreement to give Ukraine another €500 million in arms and military equipment following a meeting in Brussels on Monday.

21.03 / 22:11

European Union Russia committing 'massive war crime' in Mariupol, says EU's top diplomat

Russia is guilty of a "massive war crime" in Mariupol and is violating "the laws of war", the EU's top diplomat said on Monday, as the bloc's foreign ministers gathered to discuss additional sanctions against Russia.

21.03 / 15:43

European Union Food Kyiv Brussels mulls Russian oil embargo in new sanctions round

The European Union is mulling imposing an embargo on Russian oil and coal — but not gas — as part of its next round of sanctions but the impact on Moscow may be limited.

20.03 / 13:57

Ethereum European Union Bitcoin Rescue Bitcoin to the rescue: Cryptocurrencies' role in Ukraine

Cryptocurrencies have taken on an unprecedented role in the war in Ukraine, helping the government raise millions of dollars to fund its fight against the Russian invasion. Why has Ukraine turned to cryptocurrencies, and how is the nascent crypto industry changing its reputation and having an impact amid the clouds of war? How much crypto has been raised? — At the outset of the conflict, Ukrainian officials posted addresses for two crypto wallets on their Twitter account, giving donors a direct and clear address to which to send contributions.

19.03 / 08:17

Adoption Europe European Union Bitcoin European ‘MiCA’ regulation on digital assets: Where do we stand?

The proposed European Union Regulation on Markets in Crypto Assets, or MiCA, (hereinafter the “regulation”) was put to a vote in the European Union Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on March 14, 2022, and in the end, the proposed amendment to ban or restrict proof-of-work-based crypto assets, which would have effectively resulted in a ban on Bitcoin (BTC), was rejected.

18.03 / 07:13

cryptocurrency European Union Bitcoin Be ready to lose all your money in crypto, EU regulators warn

cryptoassets and could fall prey to scams, the European Union's securities, banking and insurance watchdogs said in a joint statement on Thursday. «Consumers face the very real possibility of losing all their invested money if they buy these assets,» the three EU authorities said in a statement. It marks a racheting up of direct warnings to consumers about cryptoassets by EU authorities, spelling out that consumers have no protections or recourse to compensation under existing EU financial services law.

17.03 / 16:19

Technology cryptocurrency European Union Financial Crypto buyers have no protections if they lose all their money, EU financial regulators warn

Crypto investors risk losing all their money invested in speculative, "too good to be true" assets and are at serious risk from fraudsters, the European Union's securities, banking and insurance watchdogs said in a joint statement on Thursday.

16.03 / 18:47

Europe European Union Euro regulatory The European Commission is looking for blockchain regulatory sandbox operator

On Monday, March 14, the European Blockchain Observatory announced a call for tenders to contract a consortium, whose mission will be to facilitate and operate a pan-European regulatory sandbox for distributed ledger technologies, or DLT, and blockchain in particular.

14.03 / 20:55

Law Europe European Union POW European Commission European Parliament votes against PoW ban, providing huge relief to the crypto industry

Earlier today, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament voted against a version of the Markets in Crypto Assets, or MiCA, bill that could have effectively banned the proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies within the EU. This comes as a huge relief for the crypto industry, whose representatives had previously warned about the threat of a hardline regulatory scenario.

14.03 / 09:25

regulation Europe European Union policies Environmental sustainability key sticking point in EU MiCA bill

The legal standing of Bitcoin mining in the European Union hinges on the results of a March 14 vote in the European Parliamentary Committee on Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA).

12.03 / 01:37

European Union US and EU double down on measures against Russia potentially using crypto to evade sanctions

The United States and the European Union have announced new actions targeting Russia’s economy and wealthy individuals as a report suggests Vladimir Putin’s allies have attempted to circumvent sanctions using cryptocurrency in foreign countries.

11.03 / 21:19

European Union News Brussels says it will ban the export of EU luxury goods to Russia

The European Union will ban the export of its luxury goods to Russia in order to deal "a blow to the Russian elite", as part of new sanctions decided with G7 countries, says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

11.03 / 21:19

European Union Zelenskyy calls for EU to 'do more' for Ukraine after bloc refuses immediate membership

The European Union should "do more" for Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday, after European leaders poured cold water on the country quickly joining the bloc.

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