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29th Mar 2024

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Israel joins EU digital Covid-certificate programme

Israel has joined the EU's digital Covid certificate programme. "Europe recognises Israel's vaccination certificate and we recognise the vaccination certificates from European countries. This will allow significant relief for aviation, tourism and economic relations," Israel's health minister Nitzan Horowitz was quoted as saying in the Jerusalem Post. Some 42 countries have signed up to the EU pass.

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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.

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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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