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29th Mar 2024

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Italian PM calls to move Euro 2020 final from London to Rome

Italian prime minister Mario Draghi said that the Euro 2020 final should be moved from Wembley Stadium in London to Rome, Deutsche Welle reports. The UK has seen a rise in coronavirus cases due to the spread of the 'delta variant', first identified in India. "I advocate that the final should not take place in a country in which the risk of infection is very big," Draghi told reporters.

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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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