Merkel: There was a barbaric attack against our values in Paris

France President Francois Hollande at the place of terrorist attack in the editorial office of Charlie Ebdo magazine France President Francois Hollande announced Thursday January 8th of national mourning. For three days, the flags in France will be imposed in memory of the victims of the attack in the editorial office of the Charlie Hebdo weekly ("Charlie Ebdo). “The whole republic has been subjected to attack today,” Hollande said in an appeal to fellow citizens.

The euro in relation to the dollar today has fallen to the lowest level over the past nine years amid a fall in oil prices . At morning European auction, the euro exchange rate towards the dollar amounted to 1.1842. The price of a Brent barrel of Brent oil today at a auction in London fell below $ 50 for the first time since 2009. In the United States, the price of West Texas Intermediate oil also dropped below $ 50 per barrel.

In Dagestan, two policemen died, two more were injured as a result of an attack by unknown, Interfax reports. The attack occurred on Tuesday evening on the Hasavyurt-Oktyabrskoye highway. Presumably, three attackers cut the police car and opened fire on it. During the persecution, the police managed to block the car and kill one of the attackers. The rest of the rest continues.

The Georgian opposition requires to cancel the deal of the country's largest oil and oil company with a Russian oil giant New Year begins in Georgia with a major political scandal. The Georgian opposition requires the country's authorities to cancel the deal between Petrocas Energy Group, who belongs to the businessman David Jacobashvili, who lives in Moscow, and Rosneft.

France and the whole world mourn through the dead in Paris to journalists One of the suspects in the attack on the editorial office of a popular satirical publication surrendered to the police. Seven more - detained 12 people died in Paris, including two police officers, in an armed attack Unknown to the editorial office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ("Charlie Ebdo"). Four people are in serious condition, about twenty more were affected.

Line at the currency exchange point in Minsk The Belarusian authorities abolished the tax on exchange operations to buy currency. The government decree comes into force on January 8. When buying a currency in exchange points, there is still a commission fee of 10 percent. On December 19, 2014, a fee of 30 percent of cash currency buyers was introduced in Belarus. This decision was made taking into account the increased demand for dollars and euros in the domestic foreign exchange market.

In 2015, Russian buyers will have to get used to new prices Food embargo and the fall of the ruble: what products and goods will rise the fastest in 2015 The growth of consumer prices in Russia in 2014 is more than half the initial forecasts of the Russian authorities.

Militants "Boko Haram" The leader of the Nigerian extremist group "Boko Haram" Abubakar Shekau threatens Camerun with terrorist attacks. In the YouTube posted on January 5, the video of SHEKAU personally addresses the president of Cameroon Paul Biya. The threats were preceded by several armed clashes of Cameroon troops with Boko Haram militants in the north of Cameroon.

A loud terrorist attack in Paris is the murder of employees of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, as well as various negotiations on the situation in Ukraine, new styles of Russian propaganda to the countries of the former USSR, the return of alcohol advertising to the Russian media and the celebration of Orthodox Christmas.

Iranian officials and members of the Jewish community of Iran pray during the opening ceremony of the monument to the dead Jewish soldiers In Tehran, the monument was opened by Iranian Jewish soldiers who died in the war with Iraq in the 80s of the last century The current authorities of Iran are well known to the very strict anti -Israeli rhetoric and the refusal to recognize the "Sionist regime" of Israel.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President of Germany Joachim Gauk A joint statement between the Government of Ukraine and the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the provision of credit guarantees in the amount of 500 million euros signed on Wednesday in Berlin.

Says French President Francois Hollande

Kerry: We do not deal with the conflict of civilizations, but with the conflict of civilization and those who are against it