Czech Republic to get EU funding to expand its gas tanks

The Czech Republic is to receive 35 million euros from the EU budget to finance the expansion of its gas tanks. In the wake of this year’s gas crisis caused by a fall out of deliveries from Russia the European Commission has decided to spend 3.75 billion euros helping to fund a dozen energy projects across Europe which would make member states less vulnerable in the event of unreliable deliveries. Details of the plan are to be debated at an upcoming EU summit which is to take place in Brussels on March 19-20.