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28th Mar 2024

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Italian opera star urges people to break lockdown rules

People ought to break anti-coronavirus lockdowns for the sake of their psychological and other health needs, Andrea Bocelli, an Italian opera singer known for a recent Easter performance outside an empty cathedral in Milan, said in a speech at the country's senate Tuesday. "I am a certain age and I need sun and vitamin D," he said. "Let's refuse to follow this rule ... move around," he said.

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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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