Hi Spiros,
CURL error 28 is a generic connectiviy issue between your server and the external URL ( RSS feed in this case).
Can you please follow the article below and see if it helps in anyway?
How To Fix the “cURL Error 28: Connection Timed Out” (6 Methods)
The plugin had no recent update, so if it was working earlier it should work now too once the server communication issues are fixed.
Thanks,
Aakash