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On April 16, Ukraine's parliament voted on Wednesday to extend martial law until August 6. A senior lawmaker said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still continuing. The vast majority of the 357 deputies supported the extension, which allows the country to continue mobilizing the army and suspend the election cycle. One lawmaker voted against the bill.
The opposition coalition led by Merz has won the German parliamentary election, the left-wing camp led by Chancellor Scholz has been defeated, and the far-right has risen like never before. Click to view...
On February 24th, local time on the evening of February 23rd, Merz, the chairperson of the German Christian Democratic Union and the candidate for chancellor of the League Party, announced at the election celebration in Berlin: "We have won the 2025 German Bundestag election!" He called for the formation of a new government as soon as possible, saying that "the world will not wait for Germany, we must quickly have the ability to govern." Merz promised to ensure that Germany returns to the track ...
Danylo Hetmantsev, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker who chairs the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, said Kiev was on track to "legalise" cryptocurrencies by the summer and that the main text of the bill was fully ready. Lawmakers are still debating several issues, including how regulators and law enforcement officials would apply the "financial surveillance" approach to cryptocurrency trading. In addition, the bill's designers must complete tax-related matters before ...
Germany will elect a new parliament on February 23, which could have far-reaching implications for the financial sector in Europe's largest economy. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland is second in the polls, but mainstream German parties refuse to work with it in any government, meaning its proposals may never materialize. Nonetheless, their financial policy plans are the most concrete and radical. The Alternative für Deutschland has called for Germany to leave the eurozone, supports "b...
MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor posted a photo with French MEP Sarah Knafo on the X platform and wrote "France can use bitcoin more". Sarah Knafo revealed that she had lunch with Michael Saylor and discussed bitcoin, the future of energy and the upcoming French election.
On January 19, Stephan Schmidt, a scientific assistant to German MP Joana Cotar, said that German politicians are busy preparing for the possibility of Trump announcing a strategic bitcoin reserve.
MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor met with Sarah Knafo, the French representative to the European Parliament, to discuss the future of bitcoin in France.
Elections for the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, will be held next month. Recently, Musk, an American entrepreneur, wrote an article publicly supporting the Alternative for Germany party, which is regarded as the far right, and launched verbal attacks on German Chancellor Scholz and German President Steinmeier on social media. This has caused controversy in German political circles, and has triggered opposition and protests from many German politicians. Scholz did not name ...
The South Korean National Assembly voted by a majority to impeach acting President Han Duk-soo.
South Korean Acting President Han Duk-soo: Respect the decision of the National Assembly and will wait for the decision of the Constitutional Court.
Moldova's parliament, controlled by pro-Western lawmakers, approved a 10-year defense strategy on Thursday that calls for increased defense spending as part of a plan to join the European Union. Pro-Russian opponents in the parliament scoffed that the document was pointlessly aimed directly at Moscow, despite Moldova's small size and small armed forces.
On December 25th, according to Yonhap News Agency, the Bank of Korea data released by the Finance Committee of the South Korean Parliament shows that as of the end of November 2024, the number of cryptocurrency investors in South Korea exceeded 15 million for the first time, reaching 15.59 million, an increase of 610,000 from October. The total market value of investors' holdings reached 102.60 trillion won (about 79 billion US dollars), and each person held about 6.58 million won (about 5070 US...
Mzwanele Manyi, a member of the South African parliament, said: "Bitcoin is on the rise across the board and it will devalue gold, which is unstoppable."
South Korea's National Assembly has voted to pass a special civil unrest law to investigate President Yoon Seok-yeok's suspected civil unrest.
