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29th Mar 2024

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Polish tape scandal may lead to snap election

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a news conference on Thursday that elections may be called within weeks to restore confidence after following a tape scandal. He called on Wprost magazine to release all recordings it has reportedly obtained. State security agents raided the magazine's offices overnight.

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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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