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Macedonia president attacks pro-EU referendum at UN

Macedonia's conservative president has urged people to boycott a referendum, on Sunday, on a name deal with Greece, that would unlock the country's EU and Nato bids. He called the vote a "violation of sovereignty" and "historical suicide" in his UN speech Thursday. He spoke as Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who also opposes EU and Nato expansion, prepares to meet Bosnian Serb and Serb leaders in Russia in early October.

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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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