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Bulgaria: political crisis amid anti-corruption protests

Bulgaria's socialist president, Roumen Radev, has called on the country's conservative prime minister, Boïko Borissov, to resign amidst continuing anti-corruption protests, Le Monde writes. Since 7 July angry protesters have gathered on a beach in the bay of Burgas, at the Black Sea, to denounce the alleged corruption of Ahmed Dogan, the wealthy former leader of the Turkish minority party, which supports the government of Borissov.

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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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