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29th Mar 2024

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Nato to re-establish contact with Russian military

Nato military commander US general Philip Breedlove said in Brussels on Thursday the alliance will try to restart high-level contacts with Russian counterparts, including Russia's chief of staff Valery Gerasimov, who is on an EU blacklist. "Yes, we are going to re-establish communication with Valery", Breedlove said.

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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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