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Greek archbishop: Hagia Sophia will not become mosque

Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece expressed his belief Sunday that Turkey will not dare turn Hagia Sophia, the iconic Byzantine cathedral in Istanbul, currently a museum, back into a mosque. "They (the Turks) play whatever games are in hand. This is one more game. I believe they won't dare," Ieronymos told TV station Mesogeios TV on Sunday.

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EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

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'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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