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28th Mar 2024

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US and UK dominate in world university rankings

The QS World University Rankings published on Tuesday rank universities in the United States and the United Kingdom as among the world's best. The top listing went to MIT, followed by Stanford, Harvard and Caltech in the US. Oxford placed fifth, followed by Cambridge. For EU member states, the second highest listing went to France's PSL university, which placed 50th.

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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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