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29th Mar 2024

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EU asks to have flag at Olympic Games opening ceremony

European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas and Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša proposed on Sunday that the Slovenian team enters the official opening ceremony of the Olympic Games bearing the Slovenian flag alongside the flag of the European Union as a "symbol of peaceful coexistence, tolerance and solidarity". "The EU and the International Olympic Committee are uniquely positioned to promote peace and understanding," they said in a joint letter.

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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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