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29th Mar 2024

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Less than 100 refugees offered jobs in Germany

German chancellor Angela Merkel will meet leaders of some of Germany's largest companies in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss the poor job situation for refugees. Less than 100 refugees have been offered employment after around 1 million arrived in Germany last year, a survey among 30 top companies by Reuters revealed. However more than 1,000 internships have been offered by the companies surveyed.

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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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