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28th Mar 2024

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Belarus recalls ambassador, will blacklist EU personnel

Belarus has recalled its ambassador from Brussels in reaction to EU economic sanctions imposed last week. It also said, on Monday, the EU ambassador in Minsk should return to Brussels "for consultations" and that those whom it deemed responsible for the EU measures would be banned from entering Belarus - without naming names. Minsk said sanctions would "negatively affect cooperation" on organised crime and illegal migration to neighbouring EU states.

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Opinion

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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