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29th Mar 2024

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Candidate to lead Interpol accused of rights violations

Politicians, human rights organisations and former foreign detainees have raised concerns about major general Ahmed Naser Al-Raisia, a United Arab Emirates candidate running for presidency of the International Police Organisation (Interpol), Deutsche Welle writes. German MPs accuse the major of being "directly involved in human rights violations in a number of high-profile cases." The new head of Interpol will be elected next week.

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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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