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10:56. The prosecutor's office refuses to release Euromaidan activists under the law of the non-prosecution of participants of mass demonstrations signed by Presideent Viktor Yanukovich.
11:13. Euromaidan supporters in Donetsk have been called for questioning to the local tax office.
11:39. Russian President Vladimir Putin says hopes to increase Moscow's cooperation with Ukraine in 2014.
13:09. Businessman Rinat Akhmetov came out to the protesters picketing his house in Donetsk. He said he was ready for dialogue, but activists had allegedly begun with deception by saying he had been hiding in London.
14:27. Leader of the opposition party 'UDAR' Vitali Klitschko says that Euromaidan has nothing to do with a torch march planned in Kyiv on the 1st of January on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera, leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).
14:44. Euromaidan activists congratulated Ukraine on New Year.
14:52. Euromaidan activist Marian Kobzur was detained by police in Ternopil on December 29.
14:55. LB.ua and Gogolfest Festival continue their joint project 'Virtual Maidan', in which we collect the stories of those who support Euromaidan. We get letters from over Ukraine and some foreign countries.
15:57. Traffic police is gathering information on Euromaidan activists, said the opposition party 'UDAR'.
16:23. Activists of the 'Spilna sprava' ('A common cause') filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine on the recognition of the illegality of the duties performed by President Viktor Yanukovich and the immediate appointment of presidential elections.
17:23. More than 32 thousand people became members of All-Ukrainian Union 'Maidan' on December 31' and their number is growing.
19:05. The EU reminded that it doesn't require Ukraine to legalize gay marriage.
20:08. Euromaidan activist, deputy head of the executive committee of 'UDAR' party Andrei Shalaev was attacked by unidentified men in Krivoy Rog (Dnepropetrovsk region).
20:35. Tens of thousands of people are gathering at Kyiv's Independence Square to celebrate New Year.
21:40. Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko congratulated Ukrainians on New Year and Christmas holidays. She said Euromaidan was the main achievement of the year.
21:59. The opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Vitali Klitschko congratulated Ukrainians on New Year.
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