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28th Mar 2024

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Russia stops Greenpeace ship protesting Arctic oil drilling

Russia has blocked Greenpeace icebreaker 'Arctic Sunrise' from entering the Kara Sea north of western Siberia. The pro-green group was planning to protest against risky oil exploration in the fragile Arctic environment by Exxon Mobil and Russia's energy giant Rosneft, the group said Wednesday.

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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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