EU offers 105 million euros for Moldova’s Energy Vulnerability Reduction Fund

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12 October 2023
17:14

By the end of this year, 105 million euros will be disbursed to the Energy Vulnerability Reduction Fund, after an amendment to this effect was signed on Thursday between the Moldovan Government and the European Commission.

On behalf of the European Commission, the document was signed by Gert Jan Koopman, Director-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations. Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Dumitru Alaiba signed on behalf of Moldova.

The 105 million euros installment is part of the 250 million euros package announced by the Commission last year.

The signing event was also attended by Moldovan President Maia Sandu and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, visiting Chisinau.

Maia Sandu stated that the support of the European Union in these difficult years proves that solidarity is the foundation on which the EU was established and functions. “That is why Moldova wants to join the big European family”, declared the Moldovan president.

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According to the Romanian Ministry of National Defense, the controlled explosion removed the rock, and in the coming period, dredging works and the installation of barges on the Bala branch will continue, to direct the water to the Old Danube, from where the power plant’s cooling system is supplied.

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EU offers 105 million euros for Moldova’s Energy Vulnerability Reduction Fund

IPN.md

12 October 2023
17:14

The 105 million euros installment is part of the 250 million euros package announced by the Commission last year.

The signing event was also attended by Moldovan President Maia Sandu and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, visiting Chisinau.

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The victims are a Danish pilot and a Greek firefighting aerial coordinator. The other two crew members survived and were hospitalized with minor injuries.

According to Greek authorities, quoted by local media, the two Bell helicopters were leased by the state for aerial interventions and were participating in extinguishing the fires in the Attica and Boeotia regions. All four people on board were employees of private companies.

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