article_snippet.sent: ECB news conferences are usually sombre affairs, attended by reporters concerned with technical matters such as quantitative easing and asset-backed securities.
article_snippet.sent: The rest of a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany could hardly match the excitement of the first minutes,' investment bank ING said of Wednesday's event.
article_snippet.sent: An ECB spokesman said investment bank was investigating the incident in Frankfurt.
article_snippet.sent: Some left-wing activists accuse the ECB of enforcing budget austerity measures on eurozone countries, such as Greece, that are under financial bailout programs.
article_snippet.sent: the ECB has also been accused of having too few women in top positions.
article_snippet.sent: Inflation at minus 0.1 per cent is way below the ECB's aim of 2 per cent.