Friday

29th Mar 2024

Ticker

Sudan PM steps down after months of turmoil

Sudan's civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok announced on Sunday that he was stepping down from his role, Deutsche Welle reports. His resignation comes six weeks after he was reinstated, as part of an agreement with the military that overthrew the government in October. Hours before the announcement, thousands of protesters took to the streets in the capital Khartoum, calling on the military to stop interfering in the transition.

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