Ukraine: walking ultranationalists in Kyiv

A torchlight procession through the streets of Kiev. Thursday evening, thousands of supporters of the far-right formations Svoboda and Pravy Sektor, marched in the Ukrainian capital. They commemorate the birth of Stepan Bandera, there is 106 years old. The man is a controversial figure in the struggle for independence. Hated in Russia where it is presented as an accomplice of the Nazis, the Ukrainian nationalists consider them as a hero.

"At the time Stepan Bandera already saying that Moscow was our enemy. And now it turns out that it is exactly that. Today Russia has attacked the independent Ukraine and this proved that Stepan Bandera was right, "said Valentina Barchiuk, member of the Svoboda party.

Stepan Bandera was the ideological leader of the anti-Soviet fighters. Part of the Ukrainian nationalist movement work with the Nazis before fighting them. Bandera will himself be imprisoned for three years in a Nazi concentration camp. He was poisoned by KGB in 1959 in Munich.

Turkey failed attack before the Dolmabahçe

An armed man was arrested in Istanbul, having launched two homemade grenades against the police. Gear which however did not explode. The incident took place this Thursday in front of Dolmabahce Palace, a tourist place, which is not far from one of the Prime Minister's office. But police said the attack was not directed the head of government nor President Erdogan. The assailant who has been in prison, is a member of a "known terrorist organization," said the police without revealing his identity. We do not know his motives.

Brazil: Dilma Rousseff invested for a second term

Dilma Rousseff officially began his second term of four years at the helm of Brazil. The investiture ceremony was held Thursday in Brasilia.

The head of state was re-elected in the second round of presidential elections in October.

Several foreign leaders attended the swearing, as many activists of Workers' Party, the original training Dilma Rousseff.

"I swear to defend and respect the Constitution, ensure compliance, to work for the welfare of the Brazilian population, protect the unity, integrity and independence of Brazil," t- she said solemnly.

In his inauguration speech that followed the swearing in, she promised to work to boost growth, currently running the slowing economy. It is also committed to fiscal consolidation.

In the shorter term, it will also do the cleaning in the oil company Petrobras, in the heart of a vast corruption scandal.

Two Italian women kidnapped in Syria appear in a video

A video recently posted on the Internet seems to show the two Italian aid abducted last August in northern Syria. Wearing a scarf, young women are begging their government to work for their release and added that their lives are in danger. The piece of paper they brandish dated the 17th of December.

Aged twenty years, Vanessa Marzullo and Gretta Ramelli were parties in Syria as part of a non-recognized humanitarian organization. Their abduction was claimed by the Al-Nusra Front, an organization close to the Islamic state (EI), which denounces the Italian participation in the international coalition against jihadists.

Death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami died in Beirut at the age of 80 years as a result of stomach cancer. This close to the Syrian regime had led the government twice, from 1990 to 1992 and from 2004 to 2005. Each time, he had to resign under pressure from the street.

Mexico: demonstration of relatives of 43 missing students

In Mexico City, the evening of New Year was marked by a demonstration of relatives of missing 43 students last September in the state of Guerrero. The families, who demand the truth about their fate, have tried to access the presidential palace, but the police stopped them. Students were probably murdered by drug traffickers linked to the local police.

New Year: five deaths in Europe in accidents with fireworks

As every year, the evening of New Year in Europe was marked by accidents of fireworks. This was the case in North Jutland in Denmark, where three men died in separate accidents. German police also announced the death of two individuals of 18 and 19 years, one who was hit in the head by a firecracker.