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29th Mar 2024

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Germany bans travel from Russia due to Delta variant

Germany has banned most travel from Russia due to the spread of mutated coronavirus strains there, the German Embassy in Moscow announced, The Moscow Times writes. The announcement came as Russia reported its highest number of coronavirus deaths since the beginning of the pandemic amid a third wave fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant. Germany last week added Russia to its list of countries where coronavirus mutations are spreading.

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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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