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Spanish prosecutor demands arrest of Catalan ex-leaders

Spain's general prosecutor demanded on Thursday that 13 Catalan separatist leaders are put in custody. It includes eight former members of the regional government, notably former deputy president Oriol Junqueras, who agreed to meet judges on Thursday, as well as former leader Carles Puigdemont and four other government members who are in Brussels, and rejected the summons. Santi Vila, who resigned the day before the independence declaration, can stay free.

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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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