U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing for a global observance of the Olympic truce period, calling especially for a cease in hostilities in Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic.

These days, best athletes of the World come to Sochi to take part in the main event of the last four years.

Sochi Olympic medals passed the tests, holding up over “extreme differentials in temperatures,” eight tons of weight and even dips in champagne.

IOC President Thomas Bach defended the choice of Sochi as host of the Winter Olympics on Monday and said he’s “sleeping very well” despite the terror threat hanging over the games.

For the first time in the History of the Olympics the Games will be broadcasted in a digital format Super High-Vision which is 16-times clearer than HDTV and in multi-channel sound system 22.2.

Organizers of the Olympic Games Sochi-2014 sold 90% of tickets for skeleton, luge and freestyle skiing.

Russia is ready to ensure security at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev confirmed in an interview with CNN. Earlier President Putin said Russia's authorities know perfectly well what measures should be taken to parry threats during the Sochi Olympics. Large sums of money are being spent to ensure the security of the Sochi Olympics.

President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) are discussing how to have a safe and secure Olympics in Sochi.

Shaun White is taking a break before heading to Sochi.

Monday, 20th January, the Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev holds a meeting on governmental support of participants of the Olympics.