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Venezuela

Lights come on again in Venezuela but the country's economic problems remain

The lights are set to come back on in Venezuela.

04/07/2016

World News

Solar Impulse ll welcomed to Seville Airport by Spanish Air Force

Solar Impulse II has landed in the Spain’s Seville Airport after an often turbulent flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

23/06/2016

Venezuela

Drought-hit Venezuela faces daily power cuts to save energy

Venezuela has announced power cuts from next week – plunging people into darkness for four hours each day as the crisis-hit country grapples with a

22/04/2016

World News

Which country will supply Crimea with electricity - Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an opinion poll

At least a quarter of the power on the contested peninsula of Crimea was lost on Wednesday night. The lights went out after Ukraine halted supplies

31/12/2015

Ukraine

Still no power in Crimea as protesters block repairs to pylons

Crimeans continue to suffer from a lack of power as work to restore electricity supplies is hampered by protesters and a lack of political will to

27/11/2015

World News

Lebanese government moves to end weeks of street protests

Lebanon’s government agreed to a plan late on Wednesday that it hopes will end weeks of street protests in Beirut over its failure to deal with a

10/09/2015

Iraq

Iraqi frustration boils over as heatwave prompts protests

Hundreds of Iraqis took the streets in the southeastern city of Amara on Tuesday to protest about the lack of power supply in the mid-summer heat

04/08/2015

USA

Fire destroys General Electric centre in Kentucky

A fire erupted on Friday morning (April 3) at General Electric’s (GE) Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, shutting down production at the

03/04/2015

Turkey

Turkey hit by biggest blackout in decade

A giant power outage in Turkey paralyzed the country’s transportation system on Tuesday,forcing confused locals to ride the bus instead of the

31/03/2015

World News

Earth hour 2015 begins

Earth hour is sweeping the world. At 8.30pm local time on March 28, 2015, countries in 24 time zones across six continents switch off their lights

28/03/2015

Gaza

ICRC criticises attacks on Gaza power plants

31/07/2014

Greece

Greece: Santorini island in darkness after power station blaze

14/08/2013

My Europe Series

Germany's energy revolution

14/07/2011