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WHO: Covid deaths in Europe 'to top two million by March'

Total deaths across Europe from Covid-19 are likely to exceed two million by March next year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, adding that the pandemic had become the number one cause of death in the region, The Guardian writes. Reported deaths have risen to nearly 4,200 a day, double the number being recorded in September, while cumulative reported deaths in the region have already surpassed 1.5 million.

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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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