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29th Mar 2024

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Norway is world's 'happiest' country

Norway has been ranked the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report 2017 produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The ranking is based on indicators such as the level of care, freedom, generosity, honesty, health, income and good governance. Norway is followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland. The US has dropped from a high of 3rd in 2007 to 19th place in 2017.

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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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