Protests in Ukraine, Easing climate rules, Davos

Opposition leaders in Kiev agreed to a truce with policy while former boxing champ Vitali Klitschko met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/world/europe/ukraine-protests/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

From the Guardian : Ukraine crisis exposes Europe's policy vacuum: The EU's longstanding policy towards post-Soviet states has been shredded - and now needs a radical rethink
http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/jan/23/ukraine-crisis-exposes-europe-policy-vacuum



In Brussels, EU leaders met and amid concerns about economic growth, proposed an end to binding national targets for renewable energy production after 2020: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/business/international/european-union-lowers-ambitions-on-renewable-energy.html?_r=0

Political and business leaders are meeting in Davos, Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum: http://www.weforum.org/ 
At the forum, the European Commission announced a new think tank, Startup Europe: http://thenextweb.com/eu/2014/01/23/neelie-kroes-launches-startup-europe-partnership-accelerator-european-digitial-forum-think-tank/

And one last note from Britain on parents and their children in a time of recession: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/18a0d0f4-8283-11e3-9d7e-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=uk#axzz2r9BWRkLp

Latvia joins Euro Zone, and is the EU going from crisis to complacency?

Latvia becomes 18th state to join the Eurozone

The euro: from crisis to complacency

Euro-zone debt crisis is over but serious issues persist

Merkel says permanently fixing euro zone crisis vital for Germany

and finally, a somewhat technical opinion piece from the Financial Times:

What euro crisis watchers should look for in 2014