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29th Mar 2024

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Data watchdog orders Europol to erase old information

The European data protection supervisor on Monday ordered Europol to delete all data concerning individuals with no proven link to criminal activities, and imposed a six-month retention period to filter and analyse large datasets, following an investigation launched in 2019. This means that data older than six months that has not been categorised must be erased. The Hague-based police agency has now 12 months to comply with the order.

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Opinion

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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