Europe’s energy crisis raises firewood prices, theft fears

By VANESSA GERA, DAVID McHUGH and AUREL OBREJA , CHISINAU, Moldova, Oct. 27: Tudor Popescu swings his axe down on a log, then feeds the split wood into a stove that heats his home in the capital of Moldova. As the nights turn chilly, the stack of firewood has been growing higher around him — his provisions for the coming winter.