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28th Mar 2024

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Poland to relocate Christians from Syria

Poland, which is against binding EU quotas for asylum seekers or refugees, has said it will relocate an initial number of 60 families of Syrian Christians, AFP reports. "Christians who are being persecuted in a barbaric fashion in Syria deserve Christian countries like Poland to act," PM Ewa Kopacz said.

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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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