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Israel and Hamas agree to 72-hour ceasefire

Israel and Hamas agreed to enter an unconditional 72-hour ceasefire on Friday. Brokered by the US and the UN, the pause in the three weeks of fighting is to allow humanitarian relief into Gaza where over 1,400 people have died, mostly civilians.

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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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