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28th Mar 2024

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Icelanders sign petition to boycott Eurovision in Israel

Over 15,000 people have signed a petition in just two days, demanding that Iceland boycott the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Israel. The petition states that in light of the human rights violations done by Israel to the Palestinian people, Iceland should not take part in next year's Eurovision show to be held in Jerusalem, after Israel's Netta Barzilai wan the 2018 contest on Saturday.

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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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