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29th Mar 2024

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Bulgaria to have third national elections this year

Bulgaria will head to new national elections this year, after the Socialists became the third political party to refuse to lead a government following July's inconclusive parliamentary election, Reuters reports. President Rumen Radev faces having to dissolve parliament, appoint a new interim administration, and call a snap poll within two months. These are the third elections for parliament this year and will probably be held in November.

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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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