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Swedish fish quota 52 percent over sustainable limit

The 2019 fishing limits for Sweden allows 52 percent more fishing than what scientists said would be sustainable, according to a new analysis of EU fish quota, published Monday. According to the New Economics Foundation, EU fisheries ministers last December set quotas for themselves in secret talks that in 55 cases were higher than the scientific advice. The United Kingdom and Ireland followed Sweden as the worst offenders.

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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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