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29th Mar 2024

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Bulgaria repeats Canada trade veto threat

The Bulgarian foreign ministry Monday repeated an earlier threat to veto an EU-Canada free trade pact when it comes up for national ratification unless Canada drops visa requirements for Bulgarian nationals. "We consider the conclusion of [the deal] and achievement of full visa reciprocity as a whole process", it said Monday after Bulgaria's deputy foreign minister met with Canada's immigration minister in Brussels in talks organised by the European Commission.

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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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