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Brown energy and blackouts in the Balkans

By Andrew Gardner
28.08.2008 / 00:00 CET

Insufficient investment in energy infrastructure is leaving the western Balkans in the dark

Energy consumption in the Balkans has risen only modestly since European communism was consigned to history. For years, war and its aftermath curbed both supply and demand, and economic troubles depressed industries' needs.

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IN THE DARK An Albanian girl reads a fashion magazine by candlelight during a blackout in Tirana. REUTERS
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