Section: US & Canada
Romania Expects to be Energy Independent Despite Ukraine Crisis
Romania is expected to achieve energy independence by the end of the decade, due to shale gas and alternative energy sources like wind and nuclear power. It is the third most energy independent country in the European Union after Denmark and Estonia. A neighbor of Ukraine, Romania has found itself in recent months close to Europe’s latest...
Two Banks Destroyed In Odesa, Ukraine
Two branches of Ukraine’s Privatbank were destroyed by fire early on July 13 in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. Witnesses said they heard explosions at both locations. There were no casualties reported. At least two other branches of Privatbank have been destroyed in Odesa in recent months. Ihor Kolomoyskyy, the bank’s owner and...
Russia warns Ukraine after shell incident
DONETSK, Ukraine — Russia threatened Ukraine on Sunday with “irreversible consequences” after a Russian man was killed by a shell fired across the border, while Kiev said Ukrainian warplanes struck again at separatist positions in the east of the country, inflicting big losses. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Donetsk Journal: For a Weekend, Ukraine Rebels Make Love, Not War
A wedding was billed as the first in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, and on Saturday it was singles night. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia says 1 dead after Ukrainian shell hits Russian border town
Putin expresses “grave concern” over incident but Ukraine denies firing shell into Russian territory, blames pro-Russian rebels …read more Source:...
Russia: 1 killed near Ukraine border by shell fire
President Vladimir Putin expressed “grave concern” over the incident, Russian news agencies quoted his spokesman as saying. Russia has made repeated claims that settlements along its porous border with Ukraine — which the West and Kiev say is a key supply route for the rebels — have been hit by Ukrainian fire, but no...
World briefs: Clashes rage in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — Fighting continued Saturday between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian insurgents, with both sides accusing each other of an attack on apartments in Donetsk, and Ukraine and Russia trading accusations of border violations. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
One Man Killed as Shell from Ukraine Hits Russian Border Town
Officials in Russia’s Rostov region are on the scene of a fatal shelling reported to have been fired from Ukrainian territory. The shelling killed one man and injured two women in Donetsk, a town of the same name as the city in eastern Ukraine. Locals said the shelling has been happening for more than a week. …read more Source: The...
Russia: Ukrainian shell kills 1 in border town
Putin expresses “grave concern” over the incident, Russian news agencies said. …read more Source: USA...
Russia: 1 killed near Ukraine border by shell fire
A local citizen speaks to a Ukrainian government soldier guarding a checkpoint outside the city of Siversk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 12, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents las… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
