Items related to electricity

A file photo of electricity pylons.
Amany Aly Shawky 21 Apr 2013
With news about future power cuts mounting and rumors of three- and four-hour-long power cuts in Cairo this summer,...
A precariously built building in Alexandria
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Apr 2013
Egypt has 5 million unlicensed buildings nationwide, officials at the Housing and Local Development ministries said,...
A customer gets his haircut at a barber's shop during a power-cut in Cairo, 4 August 2012.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 03 Apr 2013
  Power cuts continued in several governorates on Wednesday due to shortages in fuel supplies to power plants. The...
A customer gets his haircut at a barber's shop during a power-cut in Cairo, 4 August 2012.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Apr 2013
Unnamed sources claim authorities from the Electricity Ministry are accusing the Petroleum Ministry and president's...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Egypt Independent 17 Mar 2013
The petroleum minister met with the electricity minister Sunday to discuss alternatives for operating power plants with...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov speaks in the parliament in Sofia 20 February 2013.
Reuters 20 Feb 2013
Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after violent nationwide protests against high power prices, joining a...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 31 Jan 2013
Fathallah Shalaby, head of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, said that a sudden malfunction in main...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 Jan 2013
Governorates in Upper Egypt experienced a wave a blackouts Wednesday evening, leading shops to close. An Electricity...
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 Jan 2013
Dozens of residents of a Beheira Governorate village blocked the agricultural highway Tuesday evening to protest a...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Alexandre Goudineau 21 Dec 2012
A recent government hike in electricity prices means Egyptians will soon be paying more to switch on a lamp or an air...