Clashes between Ukrainian security forces and anti-government
protesters broke out again Thursday in the capital, Kiev, as a truce
called by President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders appeared to
have fallen apart.
Ukraine's president has announced a truce with the opposition after violent clashes with riot police killed at least 26 people.
A statement on Viktor Yanukovych's website said: "Based on the results
of the meeting, the sides announced a truce and the start of a
negotiations process aimed at ending the bloodshed (and) stabilising the
situation in the country for the benefit of civil peace."
Mr Yanukovych earlier met with three opposition leaders: former economy
minister Arseny Yatseniuk, far-right nationalist Oleh Tyahnibok and
former boxer Vitali Klitschko.
Mr Yatseniuk said: "The storming of the Maidan (Independence Square)
which the authorities had planned today will not take place. A truce has
been declared. The main thing is to protect human life." Protesters protect themselves with shields from police water cannon
Από την μιαέχουμε τοEconomistπου μας πληροφορεί (15.02.2014) πως: α.) υπάρχει “οδικός χάρτης Αναστασιάδη-Έρογλου,” β.) “οι δύο κοινότητες θα ενωθούν σε μιασυνομοσπονδίακαι θα διαχειρίζονται τις σχέσεις τους σαν συνιστώντα κράτη” (σημειώστε την λέξη κράτη), γ.) “το σχέδιο είναι γνωστό σαν Obama plan παραπέμποντας στο σχέδιο Ανάν,” δ.) οι Αμερικάνοι βρίσκονται πίσω από την όλη υπόθεση (όπως και με το σχέδιο Ανάν το 2004,) και ε.) “αυτή τη φορά αυτός (ο πρόεδρος Αναστασιάδης) έχει το κυπριακό κομμουνιστικό AKΕΛ στο πλευρό του.”
A graffito showing ECB head Mario Draghi and German Chancellor
Angela Merkel outside the construction site of the new bank
headquarters in Frankfurt.
Should the European Central Bank
follow the Anglo-Saxon model and buy up vast quantities of sovereign
bonds in attempt to finally overcome the euro crisis? ECB head Mario
Draghi is under pressure to act now. But what are his options?
This week, over one million registered Libyans will elect a 60-member
constituent assembly tasked with writing a new constitution in just four
months. This event is hardly surrounded by enthusiasm, and the low
registration figures (just one-third of those who signed up to vote for
the General National Congress (GNC) two years ago) are a testimony to
that.