Moldova sacks energy minister over failure to tackle crisis


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  • Friday, 06 Dec 2024

FILE PHOTO: Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean attends a ceremony installing newly appointed Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi in the office in Chisinau, Moldova, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza/File Photo

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova's president on Thursday sacked Energy Minister Victor Parlicov and the prime minister called for two other senior energy officials to resign for failing to tackle an energy crisis in the small former Soviet republic.

Prime Minister Dorin Recean also said he would ask parliament to impose a state of emergency in the energy sector.

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