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29th Mar 2024

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NGO rescues 446 people from Mediterranean Sea

German NGO Sea Watch rescued 446 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea in five operations over the holiday weekend, including a heavily pregnant woman and a two-week old baby, DPA reports. The rescues came after Greek authorities recovered 27 drowned bodies on Christmas Eve. Libyan authorities said another 28 bodies washed up on its beaches on Sunday in what has been one of the deadliest years on record for migrant sea-crossings.

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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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