Power outage

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said officials are inspecting all possible causes, including a terror attack, for the electricity cut across Turkey, as power blackouts continue in several provinces including Istanbul and Ankara.

BELGRADE - The public company Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) and the company Schneider Electric signed a letter of intent concerning the prospects for introducing contemporary technical solutions into Serbia's power distribution networks.

Rhodes suffered an electricity outage on Saturday morning after a technical glitch at the Soroni power station, reports said.

Operation of the southeastern island’s wind park turbines was also interrupted thus obstructing attempts to switch the station back into operation.

Power was gradually restored to the island within hours.

Greek electricity grid operator ADMIE, fully owned by the country’s biggest power producer PPC, has signed a 240-million-euro project with foreign and local firms to connect Greek islands with the mainland grid.

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has commissioned Şero, its mascot cat, to safeguard ballot boxes during the Aug. 10 president elections, the party has said in a tongue-in-cheek internal memo.