Europe shivers in energy crisis: Year in review

STORY: Europe shivers in energy crisis: Year in review DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:09:35 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Italian): LAURA RAMONI, Bar owner in Rome 2. various of views in Eruope 3. table of energy inflation rate in the EU in 2022 - Monthly data (annual rate of change) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAL JAUERNIK, Administrator of a "senior village" in Fredensborg, Denmark 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MICHAL PASIEKA, Warsaw resident 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): SAHRA, Fast food waitress in France 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Hungarian): GERGELY KARACSONY, Mayor of Budapest 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): NIGEL BARNARD, Pensioner in Copenhagen "Because I'm a pensioner, it's perhaps more effective on my way of life than it is for people that are still earning a living. Because my income is fixed." 9. SOUNDBITE 7 (Slovenian): VUKADINKA MARIJA PAVLIN, Citizen in Ljubljana 10. SOUNDBITE 8 (Greek): NIKOS KAFES, Greek resident 11. SOUNDBITE 9 (Greek): IOANNIS GLYKOS, President of

Polish residents worried over energy price hike ahead of winter

STORY: Polish residents worried over energy price hike ahead of winter DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Warsaw CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in Poland 2. STANDUP (English): CHEN CHEN, Xinhua correspondent in Warsaw 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAL PASIEKA, Warsaw resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUO XUEWEI, Restaurant owner in Gdansk 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Polish): ROBERT TOMASZEWSKI, Energy market analyst of "Polityka Insight" STORYLINE: Residents in Poland are worried over drastically rising energy prices ahead of the winter as the country is facing an energy crisis. Wholesale energy prices remain under pressure from high gas and coal prices. Electricity prices offered by the state-owned company PGNiG are to increase by over 300 percent in the fall compared to January last year. High energy prices have a direct impact on the public, particularly on business owners amid the inflation, which hovers at the highest level since March 1997. STANDUP (English): CHEN