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NDTV
04-07-2025
- Climate
- NDTV
Czech Republic Hit By Major Power Outage
Prague: A major power outage that hit parts of the Czech Republic on Friday, briefly halting underground trains in the capital Prague, was probably the result of a technical outage, with no signs of a cyber or terrorist attack, authorities said. The incident is likely to add to concerns about the resilience of Europe's power grids and infrastructure after Spain suffered the worst blackout in its history in April and a fire knocked out the power supply to London's Heathrow airport in March. "Part of the transmission system is without voltage; the event affected also a larger part of transmission system substations," grid operator CEPS said in a statement. CEPS later said that five out of eight affected substations had resumed operation and the causes of the outage were being investigated. It affected the Liberec, North-Bohemia, East-Bohemia and Central Bohemia regions, as well as Prague, CEPS said. Speaking on Czech Television, Interior Minster Vit Rakusan said the authorities had no information to suggest there had been a cyber or terrorist attack. Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka said on X trains were halted on a number of lines and five out of 14 regions of the country were affected. Prague transport company DPP said it had restored operations after underground trains were briefly halted and tram traffic stopped on the right bank of the capital. Czech media reported a number of people trapped in elevators in parts of Prague and central Bohemia. which operates part of the grid in south and south-eastern Czech Republic, said its supply area was not affected. Neighbouring Poland's power grid operator also said its systems were unaffected.
The Sun
04-07-2025
- Climate
- The Sun
Major power outage hits Czech Republic
PRAGUE: A major power outage that hit parts of the Czech Republic on Friday, briefly halting underground trains in the capital Prague, was probably the result of a technical outage, with no signs of a cyber or terrorist attack, authorities said. The incident is likely to add to concerns about the resilience of Europe's power grids and infrastructure after Spain suffered the worst blackout in its history in April and a fire knocked out the power supply to London's Heathrow airport in March. 'Part of the transmission system is without voltage; the event affected also a larger part of transmission system substations,' grid operator CEPS said in a statement. CEPS later said that five out of eight affected substations had resumed operation and the causes of the outage were being investigated. It affected the Liberec, North-Bohemia, East-Bohemia and Central Bohemia regions, as well as Prague, CEPS said. Speaking on Czech Television, Interior Minster Vit Rakusan said the authorities had no information to suggest there had been a cyber or terrorist attack. Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka said on X trains were halted on a number of lines and five out of 14 regions of the country were affected. Prague transport company DPP said it had restored operations after underground trains were briefly halted and tram traffic stopped on the right bank of the capital. Czech media reported a number of people trapped in elevators in parts of Prague and central Bohemia. which operates part of the grid in south and south-eastern Czech Republic, said its supply area was not affected. Neighbouring Poland's power grid operator also said its systems were unaffected. - Reuters
Straits Times
03-06-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
Czech opposition party says it will call no-confidence vote in government
PRAGUE - The opposition ANO party plans to call a no-confidence vote in the Czech government after the justice minister resigned over accepting a $45-million bitcoin gift for the ministry from an ex-convict, deputy ANO chief Karel Havlicek said on Tuesday. The minister, Pavel Blazek, a lawyer and veteran senior official in Prime Minister Petr Fiala's centre-right Civic Democrats party, denied doing anything illegal in his decision to accept the gift - which was part of bitcoin holdings returned to the former convict after he served a jail sentence. The scandal is a further setback for the government which has been trailing the opposition, led by the populist ANO party, in opinion polls before an election set for October 3-4. "Unless something absolutely exceptional happens, we will trigger a no-confidence vote," Havlicek, whose party has enough members of parliament to force a no-confidence motion, said on Czech Television. "There is no other option." The donation was 30% of bitcoin holdings of the ex-convict that had been confiscated with hardware and frozen for about decade, while bitcoin value soared. A court ordered the release of the hardware after the person served his sentence, Czech media reported. It was not clear why the person agreed to the gift and he declined to comment to Czech media. Fiala said on Tuesday he understood public suspicions that the state may have been abused for legalising criminal income, and that the issue had to be fully investigated. The person providing the gift was convicted for running an illegal marketplace on the internet and was in jail in 2017-2021 for fraud, drug trade and illegal armament, Czech media reported. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Czech opposition to call no-confidence vote against government in bitcoin gift scandal
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech opposition ANO party plans to call a no-confidence vote in the government after the justice minister resigned over accepting a $45 million bitcoin gift for the ministry from an ex-convict, deputy ANO chief Karel Havlicek said on Tuesday. "Unless something absolutely exceptional happens, we will trigger a no-confidence vote," Havlicek said on Czech Television. "There is no other option."
Reuters
03-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Czech opposition to call no-confidence vote against government in bitcoin gift scandal
PRAGUE, June 3 (Reuters) - Czech opposition ANO party plans to call a no-confidence vote in the government after the justice minister resigned over accepting a $45 million bitcoin gift for the ministry from an ex-convict, deputy ANO chief Karel Havlicek said on Tuesday. "Unless something absolutely exceptional happens, we will trigger a no-confidence vote," Havlicek said on Czech Television. "There is no other option."
