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29th Mar 2024

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EU does not recognise Russian elections in Crimea

On Sunday, local and regional elections were held in the Russian federation and in the Crimean peninsula. But "anybody elected in the Crimean peninsula claiming to 'represent' the populations of Crimea and Sevastopol will not be recognised as representatives of those territories, which are Ukrainian", the spokesperson of EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said. She added that the EU "continues to condemn this violation of international law".

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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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