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BUCHAREST, June 22 (Reuters) - Renewable energy and transport infrastructure led a surge of projects vying for European Union recovery funds in Romania, where the government's capacity to tap funding has increased, a European Investment Bank (EIB) vice president said on Thursday.Romania stands to get up to 30 billion euros ($32.87 billion) worth of grants and loans until 2026 out of the EU's 724 billion euros Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), designed to help economies' post-pandemic rebound.Within central Europe, where Poland and Hungary are still struggling to unlock the funds,...

White House rebuts reports of Iran oil dealFed expected to keep interest rates on hold in JuneU.S. crude stocks fall, gasoline inventories riseJune 8 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled lower on Thursday but rebounded from earlier losses after the U.S. and Iran both denied a report that they were close to a nuclear deal.Oil fell by more than $3 on the report that the U.S. would give Iran sanctions relief to export oil in return for Tehran reducing uranium enrichment.A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council called the...