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12th November 2015 
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 - British English edition 
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It has never been used. In 1978 a ref­
erendum was held in Austria about 
using nuclear power. This is a vote 
in which all adults can take part. 
M ost people voted ‘no’ to nuclear 
power. Therefore the power station 
was never switched on. Since then, 
no other electricity-producing nu­
clear power plants have been built 
in the country.
Hydroelectric dam a n d p o w e r station on the
R ive r Danube in Austria (ANDRITZ)
About 75% o f Austria’s total 
electricity is generated from renew­
able sources. This is much higher 
than most other countries. Austria’s 
remaining 25% comes from fossil 
fuels. □
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o lec tiv
 
R
e v o l u t io n
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On 5th November Victor Ponta, Ro­
mania’s prime minister, resigned. 
He made his decision after street 
protests were held in the country’s 
largest cities. The biggest demon­
strations took place in the capital, 
Bucharest. The protests followed a 
fire that killed over 50 people and 
badly injured many others. The 
blaze was in a Bucharest nightclub 
called the Colectiv.
Romania is a former commu­
nist country. After the end of the 
Second World War (1939 - 1945) 
the country was controlled by the 
Russian-led 
Soviet Union. 
For
many years Nicolae Ceausescu ran 
Romania as a dictator. Like many 
other eastern European countries, 
Romania became an independent 
nation in 1989. This was when the 
Soviet Union started to break up. 
After large street protests, Ceaus­
escu and his wife were arrested. A 
few days later a court declared that 
they were guilty of corruption and 
genocide. Both were sentenced to 
death and shot by a firing squad.
Now, Romania has an elected 
prime minister and president. The 
country has a semi-presidential 
system of government. The prime 
minister is usually the leader of the