Protest Protest in Kyiv, December 8, 2013 In Kyiv, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Independence Square, dissatisfied with the government’s decision to suspend plans to bring closer to the EU, as well as the rigid actions of the police against protests. The former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was serving seven years of punishment, urged the opposition to abandon negotiations with the authorities.

Tamara Lyalenkova: Today's open lesson took place during the International Fair of Intellectual Literature "Non -Fixen", and in addition to Moscow schoolchildren, two who came to the author of the author - HUS Keier , who wrote the "Book of all things", and Martin Shoible , who composed anti -utopia for adolescents, took part in it. This is the second book of a German journalist.

Clashes in Bangkok, December 2, 2013 In Thailand, the main opposition party announced the exit from the parliament in protest against the policy pursued by Prime Minister Yinglak Chinavat. The decision was made at today's meeting of the Thai Democratic Party. Members of this party intend to join the protests that began in mid -November with a demand for the resignation of Chinavat. Earlier today, Yinglak Chinavat proposed holding a referendum to resolve the political crisis in the country.

Heavy water reactor in Arak In Iran today, inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visited a heavy water reactor in Arak. According to Iranian state television with reference to the representative of the National Atomic Energy Department of Behruse Kamalwandi, the IAEA employees are checking at this nuclear facility as part of the agreement signed on November 24 between Iran and six world powers.

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In the Nizhny Novgorod region, dozens of residents of Arzamas reached the "people's gathering" after death in a fight in a cafe of a local resident. According to the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on the night of December 7, "a quarrel on households broke out between local residents." Then the fight began. The young man who received bodily injuries died in an ambulance on the road to the hospital.

The head of the Moscow Helsinsky group Lyudmila Alekseeva confirmed the intention to go to the meeting of Russian human rights defenders with President Vladimir Putin this week. According to Alekseeva, now she thinks about what questions she will raise at the meeting. Among the possible topics, Alekseev called the “swamp business”, as well as the law obliging some NPOs to register “foreign agents”.

Chuck Heigel US Secretary of Defense Chuck Heigel continues to visit Afghanistan today. In the province of Hilment, he visited the American military deployed there. Speaking to them, Hagel emphasized that he supports the idea of further participation of NATO forces in stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan. Prior to this, Chuck Heigel held negotiations with the head of the Afghan defense department.

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President of Germany Joachim Gauk According to the German magazine Spiegel (Spiegel), the administration of the President of Germany Joachim Gauk notified the Russian authorities that he would not come to the Olympics in Sochi. The German media consider this gesture as a personal boycott of games from Gauk, although Germany is not talking about the boycott of games.

It’s more difficult to get rich in Europe quickly, getting out of poverty too. It remains to try to be happy without money In Europe, the pre -science season has begun, which every year becomes a time of real consumer bacchanalia. Supermarkets are cracking at the seams from the influx of buyers, so these days rumors about a certain economic crisis seem somewhat exaggerated. But in fact, the situation is changing, and not in the best way.

According to the German magazine Spiegel (Spiegel), the administration of the President of Germany Joachim Gauk notified the Russian authorities that he would not come to the Olympics in Sochi. The German media consider this gesture as a personal boycott of games from Gauk, although Germany is not talking about the boycott of games.

Eduar Mollynro - the director of the film "Cage for Eccentrics", a French comedy about two gays that depict heterosexuals - died on Saturday evening in France at the age of 85. It is reported by France-Presse. France President Francois Hollande directed his condolences to the relatives of the deceased. The directorial career of Molinaro lasted almost 60 years; He shot detectives and historical cinema, television series. The film "Cage for Eccentrics" in 1978 was nominated for the Oscar.

Germany President Joachim Gauk will not attend the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. This was announced on Sunday by the representative of the presidential administration of Germany, noting that this is not a boycott of the Olympiad in Sochi. According to Gauk’s spokeswoman, some of the former presidents of Germany were also not present at the Winter Olympic Games.

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel US Secretary of Defense Chuck Heigel will go to Pakistan Monday for negotiations with Prime Minister Navaz Sharif and other high-ranking officials. This was announced by the representative of the Pentagon on Sunday. Heigel will be the first US Minister of Defense to visit Pakistan over the past four years, the report said.