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29th Mar 2024

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France follows Netherlands on EU bird-flu alert

France's agriculture ministry has put the country on high-alert over growing cases of bird flu, potentially fatal to humans, around Europe. "Since the beginning of August, 130 bird flu cases or clusters have been detected in wild animals or on farms in Europe," it said. "Reinforced prevention measures will therefore be implemented to protect poultry farms," it added, following similar Dutch restrictions last week on keeping poultry indoors.

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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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