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28th Mar 2024

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EU stuck with Putin until 2036

More than 77 percent of Russians voted to allow Russian president Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, according to initial results published by Russia's electoral commission Wednesday. Putin, 67-years old, has already ruled Russia for 20 years. There was no independent scrutiny of the vote, which opposition leaders called a "big lie". The move puts Putin in a regional club of presidents-for-life in Belarus and Kazakhstan, among others.

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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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