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28th Mar 2024

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Paris gets 2024 Olympic Games

Paris is to organise the 2024 Olympic summer games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday that its executive board should, in a meeting in September, conclude an agreement with Paris and Los Angeles to award them the 2024 and 2028 games. The IOC explained the double decision by the "exceptional circumstances and unique opportunities" presented by the French and US cities.

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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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