{"id":42691,"date":"2025-02-04T05:44:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-and-moldova-agree-on-an-energy-security-plan-to-wean-the-country-off-russian-supplies\/04\/02\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T05:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:44:28","slug":"eu-and-moldova-agree-on-an-energy-security-plan-to-wean-the-country-off-russian-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-and-moldova-agree-on-an-energy-security-plan-to-wean-the-country-off-russian-supplies\/04\/02\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"EU and Moldova agree on an energy security plan to wean the country off Russian supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__1H0Y3\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-[2]\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\":R2mcb3dd8aqfnntkq:\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__CfX7D\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\":Rcb3dd8aqfnntkqH1:\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\":Rcb3dd8aqfnntkq:\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BRUSSELS (AP) \u2014 The European Union and Moldova on Tuesday agreed on an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/moldova-gas-energy-transnistria-russia-crisis-42014b507406da842778b076289e646b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:energy security;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">energy security<\/a> plan aimed at weaning the country off its dependence on Russian supplies and integrating it into the 27-nation bloc\u2019s network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The EU\u2019s executive branch, the European Commission, said that Moldova would receive 250 million euros ($258 million) this year \u2014 40% of it by mid-April \u2014 after Russia\u2019s state-owned energy giant Gazprom <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/moldova-energy-crisis-russia-transnistria-gas-europe-3cb90f12ad5274bda67f99a1c4619abf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cut supplies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cut supplies<\/a> on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daily electrical outages were imposed after hundreds of thousands of people in Moldova\u2019s separatist <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/transnistria\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pro-Russian Transnistria region;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pro-Russian Transnistria region<\/a> were left without heating and hot water last month over an alleged $709 million bill for past supplies to Moldova.<\/p>\n<div class=\"md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto mb-5 flex flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-xl pb-5 shadow-[0_0_1px_rgba(200,160,251,.63),0_2px_6px_1px_#F3E6FE]\">\n<h3 class=\"m-auto block px-4 pb-4 pt-2 text-lg font-bold leading-6\">Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox<\/h3>\n<p class=\"m-auto px-4 pb-4 text-sm font-normal\">See for yourself \u2014 The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The decision by Gazprom, which came into effect a day after a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-gas-transit-supplies-gazprom-7775fea34a7be9723b991d835a7ebd6f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine expired;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine expired<\/a>, halted gas supplies to Transnistria\u2019s gas-operated Kuciurgan power plant, the country\u2019s largest, which provided a significant portion of Moldova\u2019s electricity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The commission said that its financial package will provide support to consumers in Moldova \u2013 a candidate country for EU membership \u2013 to help pay their rising electricity bills. Some 60 million euros ($62 million) is earmarked for 350,000 people left in the cold in Transnistria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moldova, a former Soviet republic of about 2.5 million people, was left entirely dependent on Moscow for natural gas after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, but it has since pushed to diversify and expand its energy sources. The war also forced the EU to end its dependence on Russian energy imports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It has faced pressure from Moscow to give up its westward shift of recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Transnistria broke away from Moldova after a short war in 1992 but is not widely recognized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/eu-moldova-agree-energy-security-100945384.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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