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Added on the 17/10/2023 18:48:29 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The European Union is working on an "emergency intervention" to rein in electricity prices sent soaring by Russia's war in Ukraine, according to EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. "The skyrocketing electricity prices are now exposing the limitations of our current electricity market design," von der Leyen tells a strategic forum in the Slovenian city of Bled. SOUNDBITE
Ministers representing the member countries of the Eurozone hold a meeting in Brussels, with the current state of tensions on the energy markets and unemployment in the bloc on the agenda. IMAGES
A few hundred strikers gather in front of the Lavéra refinery in Martigues, southern France, to protest against Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plan. Before a nationwide strike on 31 January, strikes begin anew for 48 hours in refineries and EDF power stations, and for 24 hours in ports and docks. IMAGES
European energy ministers hold a rountable at the beginning of a meeting in Prague. Officials in Ukraine's western region of Lviv said at least three Russian missiles fired Tuesday targeted energy infrastructure, forcing Kyiv to ask people to cut their electricity usage and switch off appliances at night. IMAGES
Passers-by gather in an alleyway in a market in the western part of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where at least 26 people were electrocuted when a high voltage cable fell into a gutter. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk hold a minute of silence at a joint press conference in Warsaw for the victims of Monday's deadly barrage of Russian strikes. They also sign a bilateral security deal, ahead of Zelensky's trip to the NATO summit in Washington. IMAGES
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