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29th Mar 2024

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Belarus protests mark 16th weekend in row

Police arrested about 300 people in Minsk on Sunday and attacked crowds with stun grenades, according to human rights group Viasna, after thousands came out in protest against rigged elections. The rallies marked the 16th weekend in a row of resistance. The EU is preparing to impose a third round of sanctions on the regime, but these will not be in place until mid-December, EU official say.

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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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