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29th Mar 2024

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Czechs warn joint-nationality citizens in Russia on mobilisation

After Russia's mobilisation speech, the Czech Republic's foreign ministry on Monday warned its citizens living in Russia that their embassy in Moscow cannot provide them "with adequate, full consular protection," Reuters reported. "Citizens of the Czech Republic who also hold Russian citizenship should bear in mind that if they are on the territory of the Russian Federation, they are perceived by Russian authorities primarily as citizens of the Russian Federation".

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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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