Brussels, 12/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Late afternoon Monday 12 January, the European Commission announced it had activated the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection at the request of the Republic of Moldova, whose population has been deprived of gas due to the gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia. Assistance in favour of this country is provided by Austrian authorities in the form of large capacity heaters and electrical generators which arrived in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, on...