Euromaidan was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on the night of 21 November 2013 with public protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kiev. The protests were sparked by the Ukrainian government's decision to suspend the signing of an association agreement with the European Union, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. Read full story HERE.
Petro Poroshenko (President of Ukraine) ahead and Alexander Lukashenko next to Vladimir Putin (Russian president) on stairs on the way to hall of negotiations of the Norman four. "Normandy format" is a diplomatic group of high-ranking representatives of four countries (Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France) to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine. Belarus . 2015
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Polar vortex 2019: Record cold grips the Midwest: a winter storm is moving through the area, potentially causing white-out conditions and dumping a half-foot of snow. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in Chicago. The storm has resulted in snowy and icy roads throughout northern Illinois, some Metra delays and more than 600 cancellations at the city’s airports. Temperatures could dip into the single-digits Sunday night, and don't forget strong wind, that literally blasting on the shoreline.
The diamond ring phase happens at the end of a total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. The village of Makanda (Illinois) got two minutes and 40 seconds of darkness during the total solar eclipse - more than anywhere else in the United States.
As part of an annual Woodstock tradition, groundhog Willie emerged from a tree trunk on Groundhog Day to predict an early arrival for spring this year on Feb. 2, 2018. Woodstock was made famous by the movie "Groundhog Day," which was filmed there.
On the picture: Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager (right) anounse the word from Woodstock Willy that he saw his shadow Friday during the annual Groundhog Day prognostication in historic Woodstock Square. Stephen Tobolowsky (center) aka Ned Ryerson - everyone’s favorite insurance agent from the movie and Willy is being held by Mark Szafran of Animal Rentals in Chicago.
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