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28th Mar 2024

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Drug firm and EU conclude talks on vaccine

The American biotechnology company Moderna said Monday it had concluded advanced talks with the EU to supply 80 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which is currently in late-stage testing, Reuters reported. The potential agreement provides for an option for EU countries to buy an additional 80 million doses. Moderna is the fifth company with which the EU has concluded talks in an effort to secure a Covid-19 vaccine.

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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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