Section: The Bismarck Tribune
Italy, Poland vie for top EU foreign policy job
BRUSSELS (AP) — As the European Union struggles to respond to what it perceives as Russia’s aggressive meddling in Ukraine, Italy and Poland are staking their claims to provide the bloc’s new … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine: Investigators start jet crash site search
Australian experts examine the area of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. The head of the Dutch-led in… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Dutch retrieve DNA of some Ukraine crash victims
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The head of the Dutch-led international team investigating the Malaysian Airline Flight 17 disaster says his group has retrieved additional DNA samples from 25 victims at a mo… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Clashes prevent experts from reaching bodies
Pro-Russian rebels travel past a convoy of the OSCE mission in Ukraine outside the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) …read more Source: The Bismarck...
3 Putin allies among 8 hit with new EU sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — Three long-time Putin associates are among eight people who have been hit with new European Union sanctions, an official EU document showed Wednesday. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Observers turned back from Ukraine crash site
Paul Picard, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Russia’s southern Rostov-on-Don region, center, meets with local administration in Rostov-on-… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia
President Barack Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, as he announces new economic sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy in t… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Obama expected to announce US sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to announce a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia Tuesday. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Center of main rebel city in Ukraine hit by shells
Self-proclamed Donetsk People’s Republic policemen watch refugees fleeing Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on Monday, July 28, 2014. An international police team abandoned its attem… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
BP warns of impact of Russia sanctions on profits
LONDON (AP) — Energy company BP has warned that further international sanctions on Russia could have an adverse impact on its profits because of its stake in the oil giant, Rosneft. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
