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Anatomy of a Black-Out: Five Days that Rocked Berlin

Summary by Deutsche Welle
How is Europe handling Trump's renewed threats against Greenland and who is behind Berlin's five-day power outage? Then: A preview of Oulu's 2026 Capital of Culture program, the work of a young Ukrainian and member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, a visit to the new Byron museum in Italy, and the strange case of the Greek monks illegally occupying a mountain monastery.

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The blackout in Berlin not only affects the affected people. In the meantime, many people are wondering if this can happen in other cities. How vulnerable is our system from pipelines, substations and regional utilities?

·Munich, Germany
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Up to 200,000 Berliners were without electricity after the attack. Investigations are under way, but the perpetrators are still at large.

·Berlin, Germany
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The world is scolding the terrorists who set off a power cable in Berlin, but no one asks who is to blame for the fact that it has caused even

After an arson attack on a cable bridge at the Lichterfelde power plant in Berlin on Saturday, January 3, 2026, around 45,000 households were left without power for several days in sub-zero temperatures. Some people had to stay in gyms, care facilities were evacuated, and schools were closed. It was only two days ago that power was fully restored.

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aachener-zeitung.de broke the news in on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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