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29th Mar 2024

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Johnson & Johnson delays roll-out of vaccine in EU

Johnson & Johnson said it has decided to delay the roll-out of its Covid-19 vaccine in Europe, after a recommendation by US health authorities for a "pause" in administering the one-shot vaccine after reports of very rare cases where recipients developed blood clots. The firm said it was reviewing the data with US authorities, DPA reported. The company had started the vaccine roll-out on Monday in the EU.

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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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