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Body of eighth victim of Belarus border-crisis found in river

Polish divers have recovered the body of a 19-year old Syrian national from the river Bug on the Belarusian border, local police told the PAP news agency. "Documents were found next to the body," the police said. A second rescued Syrian man said Belarusian police officers had pushed them both into the river on Tuesday, the Polish police added. The death was the eighth confirmed one since the border-emergency began.

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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.

'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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