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Johnson: Shops in UK will reopen on 15 June

England's outdoor markets and car showrooms will be able to reopen from 1 June, as soon as they are able to meet the coronavirus guidelines to protect shoppers and workers, prime minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, Bloomberg reports. All other non-essential retail outlets including shops selling clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, books, and electronics, plus tailors, auction houses, photography studios, will be able to reopen from 15 June.

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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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