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29th Mar 2024

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UK already vaccinated more than 20m people

More than 20m people in the UK have been given at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the country's health secretary, Matt Hancock, has announced, Deutsche Welle reports. The UK will begin vaccinating people over 40 in March, as the country pushes ahead with first doses. The British government is aiming to give the entire adult population at least one dose of vaccine by the end of July.

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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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