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28th Mar 2024

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Spanish king 'confident' Spain and UK will agree on Gibraltar

Spanish king Felipe VI said on Wednesday that he is "confident" Spain and the UK "will be able to work towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved," in the dispute over the status of Gibraltar. In a speech to both chambers of the UK parliament, he said that dialogue is "necessary" following comments by the EU that Spain would have a say over the British territory's future after Brexit.

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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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