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28th Mar 2024

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Turkey deporting refugees to Syria, says NGO

Human Rights Watch says Turkish authorities in Istanbul and Antakya have arbitrarily detained and deported dozens of Syrians to northern Syria between January and September. The NGO says they were sent to Idlib governorate, one of the most dangerous areas in Syria. "Turkish officials' claims that all Syrians returning to their country are happy to go, ring hollow in the face of evidence to the contrary," said the NGO.

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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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