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29th Mar 2024

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Poland's anti-migrant wall to scar EU-protected forest

A Polish anti-migrant wall risks the "collapse" of rare species, such as lynx, in EU-protected areas, a group of 150 NGOs and 1,500 academics warned the European Commission in a petition against the barrier submitted on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The 180-km fence in the primeval Białowieża Forest is to cut through areas protected by the EU's Natura 2000 programme and by the UN.

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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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