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29th Mar 2024

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EU drugs agency defends vaccine-permit lag

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Monday it was right to take its time on corona-vaccine approval following public German pressure, this weekend, to speed things up. It was "working around the clock" EMA director, Emer Cooke, told the AP news agency. "European citizens ... want a thorough evaluation of the benefits and the risks of the vaccine, so that they can be confident it is safe, effective", he added.

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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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