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Major blackout hits Czech Republic

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Large parts of the Czech Republic were left without electricity on Friday following a major blackout, the country’s grid operator reported.

“At the moment we can confirm that there is a power outage in our electricity grid,” Hana Klimova, a spokeswoman for the grid operator CEPS, told AFP.

“The outage has affected a greater part of the Czech Republic,” she added.

Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka said train lines in five out of the country’s 14 districts had been halted, including in the capital, Prague.

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