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29th Mar 2024

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Turkey Amnesty chief not released, says NGO

Amnesty International in a tweet on Thursday said Taner Kilic, head of the NGO's Turkey office, won't be released after all. It said an Istanbul trial court has now overturned its own release verdict. "This is devastating for Taner's family and a disgrace to justice," said Andrew Gardner, senior Amnesty researcher. Taner has been detained since last June on charges he is a member of a terrorist organisation.

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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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