The European Central Bank that it plans to redesign its euro banknotes, with a final decision on the new look expected in 2024.

Many businesses remained closed in Honiara ahead of the vote over concerns that violence could erupt again, leading to an eerie calm.

Here's a round-up of the COVID situation across Europe, where countries are tightening restrictions amid a spike in cases.

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The SPD leader will be voted chancellor on Wednesday providing that Germany's Greens approve a coalition deal in a ballot on Monday.

It was the third week in a row that the government has tightened its rules as an avalanche of new cases strains the country’s health services.

Russia's president has repeatedly rested the vaccine on himself, and last month he received a booster shot of Sputnik Light, the one-dose version. He also took an experimental nasal version of Sputnik V days after receiving his booster shot.

A functioning plastics factory in St. Petersburg is the home of a popular street art museum and gallery enticing locals, creatives and tourists from all over the world.

Putin's visit to New Delhi comes amid escalating tensions between Russia and Western nations over Ukraine.

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Anti-racism activists were beaten up as far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour held his first rally amid protests.

The skiers were hit by a 200-metre wide slab of snow as they ascended a slope in the Salzburg region.

For a second year running the commemoration for the Battle of Austerlitz in the Czech Republic has been affected by COVID-19 restrictions. Only a small group of hard-core history fans were allowed to participate.

"We are deeply concerned by reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces," Washington and its European allies said in a joint statement.

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The sudden eruption of Mount Semeru on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java killed a least 14 people and injured another 56.

"Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilisation!" Francis said as he visited a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.

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Gas prices in Serbia will remain stable for another six months in a relief for President Vučić after a fraught meeting with Putin last month. But at what cost? asks LSE's Vuk Vuksanovic.

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Emmanuel Macron is among the first Western leaders to meet with Mohammed bin Salman since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

President of Paris region Valérie Pécresse has won the primary of Les Républicains, France's main right-wing party.

Authorities in Panama found 10 million dollars of illegal drug money hidden in a residential house in Nueva Providencia.

The plan is for Scholz to be elected as chancellor on Wednesday and to lead a coalition with the Greens and Free Democrats. But before that can happen, members of the three parties need to approve the coalition deal.

The pope's trip to the region has focused on the plight of asylum-seekers as some European nations harden their border control policies.

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While the Warsaw meeting fell short of creating the new alliance nationalist leaders were hoping for, Le Pen said it marked "a key step" toward closer cooperation.

Imani and Hermien are believed to be the first hippopotamuses with a confirmed COVID-19 infection.

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Russia in recent months has faced its deadliest and largest surge of coronavirus cases, with officially reported infections and deaths regularly hitting all-time highs.

In this Global Conversation, Euronews speaks to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the escalating tensions with Moscow's over its military build-up on the border with Ukraine.

The World Health Organization's chief scientist says the new variant is 'highly transmissible' but that the world is better prepared than in 2020.

The European Court of Human Rights had called for Kavala to be immediately released, but Turkey has dismissed the ruling.

Only a dozen allegations of sexual abuse involving Portuguese priests have been investigated by authorities since 2001 - more than half of those were dropped.

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The planned talks come after Kyiv has warned Russia could invade next month. Meanwhile, the Kremlin says it wants binding guarantees to avert NATO's expansion to Ukraine.

Minsk has admitted the latest sanctions on airliners and travel companies will "economically stifle" the country.

On the other side of COVID-19, Central Europe's sluggish economies need to diversify, work together and make room for innovation to thrive, says public sector advisor Soňa Muzikárová

Matas Maldeikis traded barbs with a Chinese journalist on Twitter over the the EU delegation visit to Taiwan.

Nehammer needs the backing of his party’s junior coalition partners, the Greens, and the approval of Austria’s president, which is considered a formality.

"He thought he could cheat the system and thus obtain the green pass without actually having had the vaccine."

The Turkish currency has in turn lost 40% of its value since the start of the year. More than 20% was lost during the last month alone.

Here's a look across Europe at the conversation on mandatory vaccines.

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French officials hailed a "historic contract" to sell 80 Rafale military planes to the United Arab Emirates.

The risk of reinfection appeared to increase in South Africa amid a surge in Omicron variant cases, a new study said. It is too early to determine whether the new variant causes more severe illness.

Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has said that France has taken an "important step" to tackling bullying and harassment in schools.

The four men were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison for their involvement in the killing.

Two women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion, a former staffer said at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.

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