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29th Mar 2024

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Turkey seeks 16-year jail sentence for EU nationals

Prosecutors in Turkey are demanding up to 16-year prison sentences for a group of rights activists, including a citizen each from Germany and Sweden, for their alleged links to an "armed terrorist organisation". Amnesty International's Turkey director, Idil Eser, is also among the group of 11 detained activists. Ankara has arrested over 50,000 people and sacked another 150,000 for their alleged roles in a 2016 failed military coup.

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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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