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29th Mar 2024

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'Modern' Ireland rolls out abortion bill

The Irish parliament, on Thursday, began debating a bill to legalise abortion in the country by next January after a referendum on the issue in May. "It was a reaffirmation of the primacy of equality in our modern democracy," health minister Simon Harris said. Ireland, which used to be a staunchly Roman Catholic society, also recognised same-sex marriage in 2015. Abortion and gay marriage are still illegal in Northern Ireland.

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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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