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29th Mar 2024

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Spanish court investigates Russian spying unit

Span's High Court, the Audiencia Nacional, has opened an investigation against the group 'Unit 29155', linked to the Russian intelligence services, for its alleged activities during the 2017 Catalan breakaway bid, El País reported. "Russia is trying to use secret operations to influence public opinion through extremist and racist organisations," said the former head of Germany's intelligence service Hans-Georg Maassen earlier this year.

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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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