29 April 2025
3 hour ago
Zelenskyy spoke with the Prime Minister of Spain and offered him assistance in restoring the energy sector. "I instructed the Minister of Energy of Ukraine to act as quickly as possible. Our technical specialists are ready to help."
Oil depot caught fire near Novorossiysk, missile atack alert was declared shortly before4 hour ago
Oil depot caught fire near Novorossiysk, missile atack alert was declared shortly before
5 hour ago
Spain requests Morocco's collaboration to restore the electricity supply and has received, according to the press, about 700 MW. Thanks to the cooperation between both countries, it has been possible to restore the service in southern Spain.
"Let's follow only official information." Sánchez urged citizens to be cautious about possible rumors or fake news.
According to sources from the Ministry of the Interior: Andalusia, Madrid, Extremadura and Murcia have formally requested Civil Protection emergency level 3. In these four communities, the Government has declared an emergency of national interest.
Transport Ministry confirms that, seven hours after the blackout, 26 trains remain to be evacuated. Most of them are on the Madrid-Seville line and the one between Madrid and Barcelona.
REN, the company responsible for the transmission of electricity and natural gas in Portugal, detected "a large voltage fluctuation" in the Spanish grid at 11:33 a.m. local time (10:33 a.m. GMT).
Spanish PM Sanchez: We have no answers and we are not ruling out any hypothesis regarding the power outage
9 hour ago
'Impossible' to say when Portugal electricity will be restored: grid operator
'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind outage and disruption could last a week, Portuguese operator says - after power outages hit large parts of Spain and Portugal
Massive electricity outage hits Spain, which large part of the country suffering blackouts (including Madrid and Barcelona). Data from Spain's national grid shows a lost of >10 GW of demand, from ~26GW to ~12GW in a few seconds. Reason unknown
Trump to The Atlantic: There's no red line that would push me to back down on tariff policies
US Treasury's Bessent encouraged by 'productive' Japan, South Korea trade talks
China's wind, solar capacity exceeds thermal power for first time, energy regulator says
The Chinese Embassy in Washington: There have been no talks with the Trump administration regarding tariffs and it must stop creating confusion.
Russian Energy Minister: We plan to supply Iran with up to 1 billion barrels of oil.
China has granted some tariff exemptions on American imports and is considering lifting other duties, FT reports
A US-India trade agreement under discussion will cover 19 categories, including greater market access for farm goods, e-commerce, data storage and critical minerals, sources say
Iran's Oil Minister: We will sign a $4 billion agreement with Russian companies to develop seven oil fields in the country
Reuters, citing the British government: We will lift restrictions on sectors in Syria, including financial services and energy production.
European Commission President: We will soon announce a plan to eliminate our dependence on all energy sources and work to diversify them locally.
Chinese Commerce Ministry:nnThere have not been any economic and trade negotiations between China and the US
Trump: "It's costing us $200 billion a year to support Canada. And I say why are we doing that We can make our own cars."
Reports of partial blackout in some districts of Kharkiv after explosions
PM of Ukraine Shmyhal met with United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent in Washington
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Iranian counterpart that the US "abuse" of tariffs has lost popularity and isolated itself from the international community, per a Chinese Ministry statement
China tariffs likely coming down to between 50% and 65%, per WSJ
The United States Treasury issued fresh Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, the Department's website showed, amid ongoing talks between the two countries on Tehran's nuclear program
.@VP announces that "America and India have officially finalized the terms of reference for the trade negotiation" between the two countries
US imposes new duties as high as 3,521% on solar imports from Southeast Asia (Bloomberg)