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29th Mar 2024

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Nordic Council refuses to mediate Catalonia conflict

By a vote of 62 against 12, the Nordic Council decided on Wednesday in Oslo not to engage in a mediation of the conflict between Catalonia and Madrid over independence, as it would fall outside the scope of the council and should be considered an internal Spanish affair. Faroe Island MP Magni Arge announced he would personally visit Catalonia's former parliament speaker Carme Forcadell in jail.

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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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