Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited Bucharest with a request to buy gas from Romania. Another topic she and her Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis discussed was connecting Moldova’s and Romania’s electricity grids. Romania is the first country in the European Union to have a plan with concrete measures in the medium and long-term to integrate Ukrainian refugees. And more €€€ are coming from Brussels but some think tanks have doubts that Romania can absorb them.

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Romanian Dispatch #52 (July 30, 2022)