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Hungary bans adoptions by gay couples

Hungarian MPs passed a law on Tuesday saying only married couples can normally adopt children, while single people can do so only with special permission from the country's 'family affairs' minister. Hungary does not allow same-sex marriages. Its crackdown on LGBTIQ rights comes despite a recent scandal in Brussels, which saw a senior Hungarian ruling-party MEP arrested at a gay sex-party for flouting corona-rules.

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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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