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29th Mar 2024

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Germany set for post-Brexit jobs boost

The Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI) agency on Thursday said some two dozen British firms had told German authorities in 2019 they plan to open offices in Germany. "We are witnessing a constant increase in the activity of British companies in Germany," said GTAI chief Robert Hermann, linking it to Brexit. The UK move into Germany is expected to create 680 new jobs, more than the past two years combined.

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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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