Protesters and police do battle near the building of the presidential administration in downtown Kyiv.
Protesters try to penetrate police lines, with a tractor ramming barricades surrounding the building of the presidential administration in Kyiv.
Supporters of EU integration have continued their protests in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, with thousands of demonstrators rallying against President Viktor Yanukovych's government. The rally has grown after police brutally broke up a demonstration on November 30.
Thousands have taken to the streets of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, calling on the government to resign after it failed to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union.
Opposition leaders have called for massive protests and a general strike to challenge Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's decision not to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union.
On December 2-7, members of the United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO are meeting in the Azerbaijani capital Baku to consider which traditions, rituals, and crafts to add this year to its list of endangered Intangible Cultural Heritage. This year's applicants include everything from Mongolian yurt-making to Turkish coffee to polo played in Azerbaijan.
Special Forces Attack on Euromaidan in Kyiv
More rallies are expected across Ukraine on December 1 to protest the government's refusal to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union.
Police and demonstrators clashed in Kyiv on November 29 at an ongoing protest to denounce Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich's decision not to sign an EU Association Agreement. The clashes began as organizers attempted to bring two vans into Independence Square.
Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Kyiv as Ukrainians on both sides of the European-integration debate tried to send a message to coincide with the end of a two-day EU summit that dealt a blow to pro-Western forces in Ukraine.
In Kyiv, people supporting closer ties with the European Union staged a fresh rally on Independence Square on November 29. They called on President Viktor Yanukovych to reverse his decision to put on hold the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
A video posted online shows Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych weathering indignation from European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Vilnius on November 28.
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