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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 491

energy crisis

Illustrative: Traffic flows on a main road past electricity transmission towers in Tehran, December 16, 2024. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
January 10, 2025, 7:54 pm
Iran again closes schools, offices to conserve power amid shortages
Order affects third of Islamic Republic’s provinces, including Tehran; oil-rich country’s energy woes thought to stem in part from reported Israeli attack on gas pipe in February
By AFP and ToI Staff
Cyprus Energy Minister Natasa Pilides gestures during an interview with The Associated Press at the Energy ministry in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, December 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
December 20, 2022, 1:08 am
Cyprus weighing proposed pipeline to funnel natural gas from Israel
Energy minister says Cypriot government is waiting to hear from Jerusalem on how much gas it’s willing to export to Europe, amid energy crisis compounded by Russia’s war in Ukraine
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
People chant slogans during a protest in Chisinau, Moldova, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)
November 14, 2022, 10:37 am
Energy crisis, inflation draw thousands of anti-government protesters in Moldova
Demonstrations initiated by the populist Shor Party headed by US-sanctioned oligarch Ilan Shor, currently in exile in Israel, have rocked the country in recent months
By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH
US President Joe Biden (left) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Collage/AP)
October 16, 2022, 7:35 pm
US official: Biden has ‘no plans’ to meet Saudi’s bin Salman at G20 summit    
Stormy US-Saudi relations further strained over Riyadh’s recent support for oil production cuts, with Biden warning of unspecified ‘consequences’
By AFP
Cyprus Energy Minister Natasa Pilides, left, and Israel's Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, during a meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, on September 19, 2022. (Stavros Ioannides/ Cyprus Press and Information Office via AP)
September 19, 2022, 8:11 pm
Cyprus, Israel pledge quick deal in gas field dispute, after progress in talks
Following meet with Cypriot counterpart, energy minister says expediting a compromise is in best interest of parties, given global energy crisis intensified by Ukraine invasion
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss makes an address outside Downing Street in London, September 6, 2022. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
September 6, 2022, 10:47 pm
In first speech as UK PM, Truss promises to ‘ride out’ economic storm
Hours after being officially appointed prime minister, Truss vows to act this week on energy crisis; former leader Johnson drops possible hint of hope to return to power
By Phil HAZLEWOOD and STUART GRAHAM
A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
September 3, 2022, 1:43 am
Russia keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off, stoking Europe’s energy crisis
Russian energy giant Gazprom fails to restart supply, blaming maintenance issues; European officials reject the explanation, see Moscow stirring trouble
By Geir Moulson and Joanna Kozlowska
Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, Lubmin, northeastern Germany, close to the border with Poland, on August 30, 2022. (Odd ANDERSEN/AFP)
August 31, 2022, 11:26 am
Russia’s Gazprom shutters major pipeline as Europe battles soaring energy costs
State-owned gas giant claims Nord Stream closed for ‘preventative work’; Berlin accuses Moscow of using energy as a ‘weapon’
By Sophie MAKRIS
The Reading Power Station and the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90/File)
July 11, 2022, 9:35 pm
Electric shock: Power authority says prices to rise 10% starting August
National regulator says Israel relatively cushioned from global energy crisis by local natural gas, but war in Ukraine hampering coal supplies
By Michael Horovitz
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen speaks at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, June 14, 2022 (European Commission)
June 14, 2022, 12:42 pm
Blasting Russian ‘blackmail,’ EU chief calls for more energy cooperation with Israel
Ursula Von der Leyen hails friendship with Jerusalem, says East Med pipeline an investment in both Europe’s and Israel’s energy security
By Lazar Berman
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, right, greets Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, March 7, 2022. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)
June 13, 2022, 8:08 pm
EU chief, Italian PM in Israel, with Russia-sparked energy crisis topping agenda
Ursula Von der Leyen to meet Bennett and Lapid, whose government has sought to improve ties with bloc; both EU chief and Mario Draghi to also meet with PA premier
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, and Vice Chancellor of Germany Robert Habeck meet in Jerusalem on June 6, 2022. (GPO/Kobi Gideon)
June 6, 2022, 9:25 pm
Bennett, Lapid discuss energy ‘opportunities’ with German vice chancellor
Europe’s largest economy has been reluctant to ban Russian oil before finding suitable alternatives, and is reportedly eyeing Israel’s Leviathan gas field
By Tobias Siegal
US President Joe Biden listens as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the US Mission in Brussels, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Brussels. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 25, 2022, 5:05 pm
US, EU announce new partnership to undercut Russian energy, further isolate Putin
Goal is to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian energy sources, and cut continent’s demand for gas overall. Biden: Moscow using energy to ‘coerce neighbors,’ finance ‘war machine’
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and Cathy Bussewitz
A wounded girl is treated at the emergency room of the Shifa hospital in Gaza, Friday, July 18, 2014 (photo credit: Emad Nassar/Flash90)
August 25, 2015, 1:36 am
Gaza hospitals face imminent shutdown
Energy crisis threatens to close hospitals already struggling with war damages, supply shortages and staff strikes
Egyptian motorists turn back with their vehicles after protesters closed the main street by the Nile river in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 10, 2013 (Photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser).
March 11, 2013, 12:18 pm
Egypt shuts down
Energy crisis drives taxi and bus operators to cease work; police officers’ strike prompts debate about ‘private security committees’
By Michael Bassin
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