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29th Mar 2024

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Trump attacks Nord Stream 2 at Nato breakfast

"Germany is totally controlled by Russia because they'll be getting from 60 to 70% of their energy from Russia, and a new pipeline, and you tell me if that's appropriate because I think it's not and I think it's a very bad thing for Nato," US leader Donald Trump said at a Nato summit in Brussels Wednesday, referring to Germany's plan to build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Russia.

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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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