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28th Mar 2024

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Belgian strip club law suit

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn wants to sue a Belgian strip club for naming itself DSK, reports Spiegal Online. The owners of the club insist DSK is short for "Dodo sex klub". Strauss-Kahn stepped down as IMF chief in May 2011 over allegations he raped a hotel maid.

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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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