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29th Mar 2024

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Schroeder celebrates his birthday with Putin

A Russian photographer Monday spotted ex-German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder hugging and smiling at Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, just as EU diplomats agreed 15 more names for its travel ban list, Die Welt reports. Schroeder's 70th birthday was being celebrated by Nord Stream, a Gazprom affiliate he helped create.

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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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