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29th Mar 2024

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Lesbos is refugee 'concentration camp', says mayor

Lesbos island in Greece is severely overcrowded, sparking tensions between mayor Spyros Galinos and Athens, reports The Guardian. Some 6,000 people are stuck on an island that can accommodate 2,000. "We are utterly opposed to policies that are turning Lesbos and other border areas into concentration camps where all human dignity is denied," sadi Galinos. Greek immigration minister Ioannis Mouzalas may send cruise ships to house the asylum seekers.

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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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