Παρασκευή 14 Αυγούστου 2026
5 άρθρα
Cyprus faces bill for 1,000MW cable
ADMIE has asked Cypriot and Israeli regulators to determine how consumers would fund their section of the Great Sea Interconnector. The tariff ruling could unlock financing for the 324-kilometre undersea cable, but its capital cost, proposed national split and effect on electricity bills remain undisclosed as Cyprus awaits European Investment Bank scrutiny.
Romania’s Nuclear Output Falls to Zero
Both Cernavodă reactors are offline after the Danube fell below safe cooling levels, removing 1.4 GW of round-the-clock power. Bucharest now faces evening imports of up to 2,300 MW, higher wholesale prices and possible industrial curbs, as neighbouring Hungary struggles with the same drought-driven nuclear shortfall.
Romania’s Three Drone Alerts Expose NATO Gap
Romania detected repeated incursions on 13 August and launched F-16s and Spanish F-18s, the latter within three minutes. The rapid response demonstrated NATO’s readiness, but fragments on a beach and an earlier undetected flight into Bulgaria exposed the harder problem: tracking, identifying and attributing small drones across borders.
Estonia’s Chinese scanners lack a paper trail
Nuctech equipment screens baggage and goods at Tallinn Airport and Estonian customs, yet the security assessments, contract terms and maintenance arrangements remain undisclosed. Brussels is investigating whether Chinese subsidies distorted European tenders—not whether the scanners are secure—leaving Estonia to explain who vetted the supplier and controls its software access.
Bulgaria’s Lukoil reprieve ends 29 October
Britain’s extended licence keeps payments, insurance and fuel sales flowing through Bulgaria’s only major refinery, averting an immediate supply shock. Crude is secured through September and output is rising, but Sofia has produced no public evidence that refinery profits or payments are cut off from sanctioned Russian parent Lukoil.