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Francesco Sassi0

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Assistant Professor @ University of Oslo🇳🇴 Energy, International Relations, Climate, Geopolitics My blog https://t.co/ssyxuoZHm3

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Apr 11, 2026
The TAL oil pipeline, connecting Italy, Austria, and Germany, has been sabotaged. As the world’s attention remains fixed on the Strait of Hormuz and on the high-stakes negotiations beginning in Islam...
SummaryThe TAL oil pipeline connecting Italy, Austria, and Germany experienced a three-day electricity supply disruption in late March, raising questions about potential sabotage at a critical time for European energy security. While authorities initially kept the incident quiet, the pipeline operator later claimed the outage was due to routine maintenance of an unrelated electrical pylon, though critics question the credibility of this explanation given Europe's precarious energy situation.12 tweets1 min read