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German defence minister: Russia will not 'dictate' terms to Nato

German defence minister Christine Lambrecht said that Nato will discuss Russia's proposals for the alliance's military affairs on its eastern border, but it will not permit Moscow to "dictate" its security affairs, Deutsche Welle writes. Moscow provided a list of military demands on Friday to the US and its allies. These demands included withdrawing Nato's enhanced forward presence battalions from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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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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