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29th Mar 2024

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Latvia: We need a brigade-size Nato force to 'feel safe'

Lativan prime minister Krišjānis Kariņš told reporters on Friday Nato needs to expand operations in the Baltics for Latvia to "feel safe." The current defense posture allows Russia to occupy part of the country, after which Nato would come in to liberate the country. "Russians will leave nothing behind. They destroy infrastructure; they rape women; they deport civlians, this can't be tolerated. We need a brigade-size Nato force," he said.

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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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