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29th Mar 2024

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Sweden's chief epidemiologist admits mistakes

Sweden's chief epidemiologist, who designed the country's loose lockdown policy, acknowledged that the country has had too many Covid-19 deaths and should have done more to curb the virus' spread. Anders Tegnell told Swedish Radio on Wednesday that there was "a potential for improvement in what we have done". Tegnell had earlier criticised other countries' tough measures. Sweden's death-rate-per-capita is among the highest in the world.

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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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