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Catalan ex-leader faces trial over self-determination vote

The Catalan High Court will prosecute former regional premier Artur Mas and two members of his government for organising a non-binding vote on independence for the northeastern Spanish region, in late 2014. They face charges of gross disobedience and perversion of justice. If found guilty Mas could be barred from office for up to ten years. Some 80 percent of voters backed independence in 2014's informal vote.

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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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