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Netherlands partially liable for Srebrenica massacre, court rules

A Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday that the government is partially liable for the deaths of over 300 Muslim men killed by Bosnian Serb forces in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Had Dutch UN peacekeepers not handed them over to the forces, their chances of survival would have stood at around 30 percent. "The state is therefore liable for 30 percent of the losses suffered by the relatives," the court found.

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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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