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Salvini: Sicily must stop being 'refugee camp of Europe'

Visiting the Sicilian town of Pozzallo on Sunday, deputy prime minister in Italy's new coalition, Matteo Salvini, said that "Italy and Sicily cannot be Europe's refugee camp". "The good times for illegals are over, get ready to pack your bags," he said. Pozzallo's mayor Roberto Ammatuna rejected Salvini's claim that the island was "a refugee camp of Europe". "Here, there are beaches full and tourists," he said.

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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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