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29th Mar 2024

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US imposes new sanctions of Bosnian Serb leader Dodik

The US on Wednesday imposed fresh sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, accusing him in a statement of corruption and threatening the stability and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegoina, Reuters reports. The US Treasury also imposed sanctions on a TV station, Banja Luka-based Alternative Television, saying Dodik had acquired it in order to control its agenda. The Treasury designations freeze any of Dodik and ATV's US assets.

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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.

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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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