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29th Mar 2024

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Denmark to destroy surplus Covid-19 vaccines

Danish health officials said on Monday that 1.1 million surplus Covid-19 vaccines will be discarded in the next weeks because they are soon to expire and efforts to donate them to developing countries had failed, AP reported. Around 81 percent of the Danish population has had two doses of Covid-19 vaccines, while nearly 62 percent have received a third booster shot. Denmark has donated nine million doses.

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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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