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28th Mar 2024

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EU to limit exports of medical equipment

Exports of virus-related medical equipment outside the EU will be subject to a new "authorisation" scheme to keep essential supplies in Europe, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday. "By producing more, keeping it in the European Union and sharing with each other we can protect our health workers and patients and contain the spread of the virus," she said in a short video published on social media.

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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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