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29th Mar 2024

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Merkel takes swipe at Putin on Pussy Riot

German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly took a swipe at Russian President Vladimir Putin during her visit to Moscow on Friday, criticising the jailing of female punk band Pussy Riot. "Our relationship is mature enough to stand constructive criticism," she said. Putin retorted that one of the girls was anti-semitic.

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Opinion

EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

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