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29th Mar 2024

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WHO: 80 percent of adolescents don't exercise enough

A new report World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that more than 80 percent of adolescents worldwide are not active enough, putting their current and future health at risk. Globally, girls tend to be less active than boys. The prevalence of insufficient physical activity slightly decreased in boys between 2001 and 2016 (from 80 percent to 78 percent), but there was no change over time in girls (remaining around 85 percent).

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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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