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28th Mar 2024

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Pentagon: US will not bomb Iranian cultural sites

Contrary to what president Donald Trump said on Twitter, US defence secretary Mark Esper has acknowlegded that bombing cultural heritage sites in Iran would be a war crime, the New York Times writes. "We will follow the laws of armed conflict," Esper said at a news briefing. On Monday Republican senator Lindsey Graham said "We're not at war with the culture of the Iranian people."

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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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