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29th Mar 2024

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Belgium to decide on further coronavirus measures

Belgium's national security council will decide on Friday whether new measures are needed to contain the virus after law enforcement asked for more clarity. "A cycling tour of 70km is not essential. It's probably better to quantify a certain margin for walks or bicycle tours," the home affairs minister Pieter De Crem told Belgian radio. Belgium expects to reach the peak of infections at the beginning of April.

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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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