On Monday 27 January, the European Commission announced that the EU had “in a first step” offered €30 million in emergency aid to help Moldova cope with its serious energy crisis.
The crisis was triggered by Gazprom’s decision on 1 January to halt gas supplies to the breakaway region of Transnistria, in response to Ukraine’s decision not to extend the agreement on the transit of Russian gas through its territory (see EUROPE B13551A13).
“In the middle of winter, more than...