Friday

29th Mar 2024

Ticker

German-Czech Covid border checks spark complaints

Queues of trucks stretched 20km on the Czech side of the border on Monday as Germany cited the risk of Covid-19 variants for implementing tougher border checks. Under the new rules, only a handful of people are permitted to cross the border, including lorry drivers. Carmakers warned that the restrictions could bring factories to a standstill, as Czech factories are a key part of the supply chain.

Read and decide

Join EUobserver today

Get the EU news that really matters

Instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives. 14-day free trial.

... or subscribe as a group

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."

Join EUobserver

EU news that matters

Join us