(31 Dec 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chisinau, Moldova – 30 December 2024
1. Bikers dressed in Santa costumes during motorcycle parade
2. Arch of Triumph
3. Parliament building
4. Statue of Stephen the Great
5. Government building
6. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Iuliana (no surname given), professional working from home:
“We’re affected because we’re just ahead of holidays, the diaspora is home and the preparations are in full swing and we probably won’t have heating or power. Now the Christmas lights are on and all that and the power and heating matter the most. We’re afraid, but we’re happy that there’s no snow and the temperatures are not that low and we can turn on the heating maybe only in the evening if we work at the office. But I work from home and I’ll be directly affected because I’m home all day. But we’ve had worse crises than this and somehow we’ll manage.”
7. People walking in central Chisinau
8. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Iuliana (no surname given), professional working from home:
“There is a risk for those in Transnistria to emigrate towards Chisinau or some better developed counties in Moldova or cities like Blati or Straseni, like when the war started in Ukraine. We know how to handle a crisis but regarding power and gas it is the first time we’ve faced this. So maybe, economically, we won’t know how to manage this, but I hope that the government, the rest of the people, will be good and receptive, because it is the first time we faced this and our holidays were a bit affected, to be honest.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chisinau, Moldova – 29 December 2024
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9. Various of Christmas light displays in central Chisinau
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chisinau, Moldova – 30 December 2024
10. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Petru Murzin, postal worker:
“I feel we’re going into a crisis that will be very difficult to solve at this moment and I don’t really see a way out of it and it worries me. Price increases are one thing, but when there is no gas at all, that’s something entirely different. There will be no heating, no lights, so we’re entering a very difficult year.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chisinau, Moldova – 29 December 2024
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11. Various of Christmas lights and market
12. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Nicoleta Neagu, Moldovan living in Germany:
“We’ll probably have to save power until we have another solution. I really hope people will take this seriously and not waste power on non-essential things. ++JUMP CUT++ Maybe if Christmas lights will be a bit fewer… they said we’d need to save 30 percent of electricity? I think it’d be possible to gather 30 percent out of these lamps and people will still feel the holiday spirit.”
13. Various of families enjoying Christmas market
STORYLINE:
On a frigid morning in Moldova’s capital, 39-year-old postal worker Petru Murzin braces for a difficult winter as he fears a looming energy shortage could leave many Moldovans with “no heating, no light.”
His concerns aren’t unfounded.
On Jan. 1, Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is set to halt gas supplies to the European Union candidate country over an alleged $709 million debt for past supplies.
That figure is fiercely disputed by Moldova’s pro-Western government, which has accused Moscow of weaponizing energy as a political tool to destabilize the country.
Citing findings by British and Norwegian audit firms, Moldova claims its debt stands close to $8.6 million, a fraction of that claimed by the Russian energy giant.
The gas-operated plant generates electricity that powers a significant portion of Moldova proper.
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