Italy’s foreign minister said a visit to Algeria on Monday to seek an increase in gas supplies from the country had yielded good results, as Europe steps up its efforts to tap alternative flows following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move comes as sweeping Western sanctions threaten to disrupt commodity flows from Russia, raising the spectre of gas shortages, blackouts and price increases. read more “The visit had a positive outcome,” Di Maio told Italian RAI state television after a meeting with his Algerian counterpart and energy minister. “Algeria will support Italy in supplying gas, our partnership will become stronger both in the short term and the medium and long term,” Di Maio said. The European Union depends on Russia for more than a third of its gas, and any interruption of flows would worsen a squeeze that has already sent consumer bills sky […]