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This article covers breaking news and events in April 2012.
Daily events
Sunday April 1, 2012
- Naypyidaw / Myanmar : By-elections to the People's Assembly
- San Marino / San Marino : Maurizio Rattini and Italo Righi are designated as Capitano Reggenti for the period up to October 1st .
Monday April 2, 2012
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- Budapest / Hungary : President Pál Schmitt resigns after revoking his doctorate as a result of a plagiarism scandal .
- Geneva / Switzerland : The World Health Organization reports that the 600th person in the world is infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in Egypt ; 353 people died as a result of the infection.
- Tyumen / Russia : 31 people are killed and 12 others are injured in a plane crash in western Siberia .
Tuesday 3rd April 2012
- Bitterfeld-Wolfen / Germany : The once largest solar cell manufacturer in the world, Q-Cells, applies for insolvency proceedings.
Wednesday April 4, 2012
- Ankara / Turkey : Start of the trial for overthrowing the constitutional order against former President Kenan Evren and the former commander of the air force Tahsin Şahinkaya .
- Leipzig / Germany : After months of protests by residents of Frankfurt am Main Airport , the Federal Administrative Court declared night take-offs and landings between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. to be inadmissible.
Thursday 5th April 2012
- Milan / Italy : The long-time chairman of the right-wing populist Lega Nord , Umberto Bossi , resigns in the wake of a corruption scandal .
- New York / United States : The Russian arms dealer Wiktor But , known as the "dealer of death", is sentenced by a court to 25 years' imprisonment.
Friday April 6, 2012
- Gao / Mali : The National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) unilaterally proclaims the independence of the Azawad .
Saturday 7th April 2012
- Lilongwe / Malawi : After the death of incumbent Bingu wa Mutharika , Joyce Banda is sworn in as the new president.
Sunday April 8, 2012
- Jerusalem / Israel : Interior Minister Eli Jischai explains the writer Günter Grass because of his controversial poem What must be said about the “ persona non grata ”.
Monday April 9, 2012
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- Menlo Park / United States : Shortly before going public, the social network Facebook announced that it would take over the Instagram photo service .
Tuesday April 10, 2012
- Oslo / Norway : Less than a week before the start of the process, a new forensic psychiatric report declares the assassin Anders Behring Breivik to be fully guilty.
- Washington, DC / United States : Former Senator from Pennsylvania , Rick Santorum , declares his retirement in the running for the Republican presidential candidacy .
Wednesday April 11, 2012
- Athens / Greece : Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos is arrested on suspicion of corruption in connection with the purchase of German submarines .
- Banda Aceh / Indonesia : In a earthquake of the strength 8.6 M w off the coast of Sumatra are at least five people dead and more than four more are injured.
- Sanford / United States : Six weeks after the shooting of the unarmed Afro-American youth Trayvon Martin , the judiciary is bringing charges against the alleged perpetrator.
- Seoul / South Korea : In the parliamentary elections , the ruling party, the Saenuri Party ( 새누리 당 , Sae-nuri-dang, New World Party) remains the strongest force in the National Assembly with 42.8% of the votes cast , followed by the Minju-tonghap- Party ( 민주 통합 당 , Minju-tonghap-dang, United Democratic Party) with 36.5%, the Tonghap-jinbo Party ( 통합 진보당 , Tonghap-jinbo-dang, United Progressive Party) with 10.3% and the party for freedom and progress with 3.2%.
Thursday April 12, 2012
- Strasbourg / France : The European Court of Human Rights decides that the German incest ban for siblings does not constitute a violation of the fundamental right to the protection of family life.
Friday April 13th 2012
- New York / United States : The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemns North Korea's failed rocket launch as a serious violation of UN resolutions.
- Lisbon / Portugal : Parliament becomes the first EU member state to ratify the fiscal compact for more budget discipline.
Saturday April 14th 2012
- Cairo / Egypt : Less than a month before the Egyptian presidential election , the electoral commission excludes ten of the 23 candidates, including the former head of the secret service and Vice President Omar Suleiman , the radical Islamic Salafist Hasem Abu Ismail and the Muslim brother Chairat al-Schater .
- Minsk / Belarus : The former opposition presidential candidate Andrej Sannikau is released from custody following a petition for clemency .
Sunday April 15, 2012
- Kabul / Afghanistan : The Taliban launch a series of attacks on government buildings, embassies and military bases across the country.
- Innsbruck / Austria : municipal council and mayoral elections
- Shanghai / People's Republic of China : Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes wins the third race of this year's Formula 1 season at the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren-Mercedes .
Monday April 16, 2012
- Washington, DC / United States : The Executive Board of the World Bank agrees on US health expert Jim Yong Kim as new president. He will succeed Robert Zoellick on July 1, 2012 .
- Dili / East Timor : In the runoff election for the presidency , Taur Matan Ruak wins with 61.23% of the votes cast, while Francisco Guterres receives 38.77%.
- Oslo / Norway : three quarters of a year after the attacks in Oslo and Utøya , the trial of the assassin Anders Behring Breivik begins in the local court .
Tuesday 17th April 2012
- Bern / Switzerland : The ZSC Lions win the Swiss ice hockey championship for the seventh time with a 2-1 win in the last final game against SC Bern .
Wednesday April 18, 2012
- Ingolstadt / Germany : The German company Audi acquires the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati .
- Bern / Switzerland : The Federal Council appoints the previous interim president of the Swiss National Bank , Thomas Jordan , to succeed Philipp Hildebrand , who resigned in January .
Thursday April 19, 2012
- Baghdad / Iraq : At least 35 people are killed and more than 100 others are injured in bomb attacks in several cities in the country.
Friday April 20, 2012
- Rawalpindi / Pakistan : At least 127 people are killed if a Bhoja Air passenger plane crashes .
- Wiesbaden / Germany : The Hessian Minister of Economic Affairs Dieter Posch announces his resignation.
- Kharkov / Ukraine : In protest against their conditions of detention occurs Yulia Tymoshenko in the hunger strike .
- Hamburg / Germany : The regional court decides that the Internet portal YouTube is no longer allowed to provide videos on music titles for which GEMA has asserted copyright rights of use.
Saturday April 21, 2012
- New York City / United States : More than a year after the violence began in Syria , the UN Security Council has unanimously voted in favor of increasing the number of observers in the country from 30 to 300.
- Wiesbaden / Germany : The Hessian Minister of Culture Dorothea Henzler announces her resignation.
- Manama / Bahrain : In the run-up to the Bahrain Grand Prix , there are massive protests in which at least one person is killed.
- Dortmund / Germany : With a 2-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach , Borussia Dortmund wins the German football championship for the eighth time .
Sunday April 22, 2012
- Paris / France : In the presidential election , François Hollande received 28.63% of the votes cast by the Parti socialiste , while incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy received 27.18% from the Union pour un mouvement populaire . Marine Le Pen from the right-wing populist Front National receives 17.9%, Jean-Luc Mélenchon from the Front de gauche 11.1% and François Bayrou from the Mouvement démocrate 9.13%. François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy will face a runoff election on May 6th .
- Karlsruhe / Germany : The FDP adopts a new basic program.
- as-Sachir / Bahrain : Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull-Renault wins the fourth race of this year's Formula 1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean in a Lotus-Renault .
Monday April 23, 2012
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- Luxembourg / Luxembourg : In response to the democratic reform process in Myanmar , the European Union is partially suspending its sanctions against the country.
- The Hague / Netherlands : After their planned austerity program was not supported by the right-wing populist PVV party , the minority government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte submitted its resignation to Queen Beatrix I.
- Reykjavík / Iceland : Former Prime Minister Geir Haarde has been convicted by a special court for his role in the collapse of the banking system and found guilty on one of four counts.
Tuesday April 24, 2012
- Mountain View / United States : Google starts its storage service Google Drive .
- Berlin / Germany : The Eisbären Berlin win the German ice hockey championship for the sixth time with a 3-1 victory in the last final game against the Adler Mannheim .
Wednesday April 25, 2012
- Hartford / United States : Governor Dan Malloy signs the law to abolish the death penalty in his state. However, the law does not apply to the eleven surviving offenders who were sentenced to death.
- Luxembourg / Luxembourg : In the dispute over the state reform of the Hungarian government, the EU Commission files a complaint with the European Court of Justice .
Thursday April 26, 2012
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- Freetown / Sierra Leone : Liberia's former President Charles Taylor becomes the first African head of state to be found guilty of war crimes by an international tribunal .
- Islamabad / Pakistan : The Supreme Court convicts Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of disregarding the judiciary for blocking investigations against President Asif Ali Zardari .
- Liverpool / United Kingdom : A group of researchers at the University of Liverpool announced that the Asian tiger mosquito , carrier women , among others, the Chikungunyafiebers and dengue fever , because of climate change from 2030 to 2050 in many parts of Europe the necessary living conditions will find.
Friday April 27, 2012
- Berlin / Germany : At the 62nd awarding of the German Film Prize in the Friedrichstadt-Palast , Halt on the Open Track is awarded by director Andreas Dresen as the best film.
- Bucharest / Romania : Parliament expresses its distrust in the government of Prime Minister Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu .
- Prague / Czech Republic : The Cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Nečas can after winning confidence continue to rule in Parliament.
Saturday April 28, 2012
- Tatroz / Switzerland : A small Piper aircraft crashes in a field near the municipality of Tatroz in Friborg. All 6 passengers (4 men and 2 women) are killed. It is one of the more serious plane crashes in Switzerland . The target of the accident machine would have been Ecuvillens .
Sunday April 29, 2012
- Basel / Switzerland : Five game days before the end of the season, FC Basel becomes Swiss football champions for the third time in a row .
- Neumünster / Germany : In the Federal Congress of the Pirate Party is Bernd Schlömer elected as the new party chairman.
- Vatican City : Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi speaks with the permission of Pope Benedict XVI. the Italian economist Giuseppe Toniolo blessed .
Monday April 30, 2012
- Guwahati / India : At least 105 people are killed and more than 100 others are missing in a ferry accident in the state of Assam .
- Karlsruhe / Germany : Because of a procedural error, the Federal Court of Justice overturns the judgment against the father of the gunman von Winnenden .
- Berlin / Germany : At 3 a.m., analog television broadcasting via satellite is stopped.
See also
- Nekrolog April 2012 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring days of remembrance and action in April
- Category for commemorative days, public holidays or days of action in April
Web links
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Commons : April 2012 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ spiegel.de: Election in Burma: Suu Kyi triumphs (accessed on August 13).
- ↑ libertas.sm: Eletti i nuovi Captains Regent (Italian, access on 30 April 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: After losing his doctorate - Hungary's President Pal Schmitt resigns after a plagiarism affair (accessed on April 2, 2012).
- ↑ who.int: Cumulative number of confirmed human cases for avian influenza A (H5N1) reported to WHO, 2003–2012 (accessed on April 6, 2012; PDF; 27 kB).
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Russian plane crash kills 31 in Siberia (accessed April 2, 2012).
- ↑ Q-Cells wants insolvency - Phoenix Solar under pressure (accessed April 6, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Historical process - proceedings against Turkish ex-head of state Evren begin (accessed on April 6, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Judgment of the Federal Administrative Court - Night flights in Frankfurt remain prohibited ( Memento from April 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on April 6, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Corruption scandal - Lega Nord boss Umberto Bossi resigns (accessed on April 6, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: "Dealer of Death" - arms dealer Viktor Bout has to be imprisoned for 25 years (accessed on April 6, 2012).
- ↑ nzz.ch: EU and AU reject the independence of North Mali - Foreign Representative Catherine Ashton promises help for communities in need (accessed April 6, 2012).
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Joyce Banda sworn in as new Malawi president (English, accessed April 9, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Israel-critical poem - Israel declares Grass to be an “unwanted person” (accessed April 9, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Internet deal: Facebook swallows Instagram for one billion dollars (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ wienerzeitung.at: New report one week before the trial - "Breivik is sane" (accessed on April 11, 2012).
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: US Republican primaries - Santorum throws down (accessed April 11, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: German submarine deal - Greek ex-minister in custody on suspicion of corruption (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ cnn.com: 5 die after earthquake near Indonesia (English, accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: After the fatal shots in Florida - Trayvons alleged murderer charged ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Surprise victory for conservatives - ruling party wins parliamentary election in South Korea (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: European Court of Human Rights - German incest ban for siblings is legal (accessed on April 12, 2012).
- ↑ tmm / DPA / DPA: North Korea's failed rocket launch: concern about renewed nuclear test. In: stern.de. April 13, 2012, accessed April 11, 2019 .
- ↑ focus.de: Economy: Portugal's Parliament approves the EU fiscal pact (accessed on April 13, 2012).
- ↑ n-tv.de: Ten candidates excluded - Egyptian election becomes a farce (accessed on April 14, 2012).
- ↑ orf.at: Dissident Sannikow released from prison in Belarus (accessed on April 14, 2012).
- ↑ worldnews.msnbc.msn.com: Western embassies targeted in multiple Taliban attacks in Kabul ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (English, accessed April 15, 2012).
- ↑ krone.at: Innsbruck election: ÖVP can still win (accessed on August 13).
- ↑ kicker.de: In the footsteps of Fangio: First victory after 20,671 days - Historic triumph for Rosberg and Mercedes (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: New World Bank boss - He healed poor Peruvians (accessed April 16, 2012).
- ^ Sueddeutsche.de: After the runoff election in East Timor - ex-rebel becomes new president (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Breivik staged at the start of the trial in Oslo - the appearance of the mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik (accessed on April 16, 2012).
- ↑ suedostschweiz.ch: ZSC Lions are Swiss ice hockey champions for the seventh time (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ spiegel.de: Audi buys Ducati - A toy for the patriarch (accessed on April 18, 2012).
- ↑ nzz.ch: SNB Board of Directors complete again - Thomas Jordan definitely President - Fritz Zurbrügg new to the Board of Directors (accessed on April 18, 2012).
- ↑ aljazeera.com: Wave of bombings rocks Iraqi cities (English, accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Pakistan: More than 100 dead in plane crash near Rawalpindi (accessed April 20, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Successor Florian Rentsch - Hessian Economics Minister Posch resigns (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Radical Protest - Julia Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: YouTube judgment: Gema website attacked after court judgment (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Armistice: UN increase the number of Syria observers to 300 (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: FDP in Hessen - brutal makeover (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ^ Abendblatt.de: Formula 1 in Bahrain - protests claim fatalities - silence in the paddock (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ welt.de: Match report - BVB crowns themselves German champions against Gladbach (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ tagesanzeiger.ch: Hollande wins - Le Pen surprisingly strong (accessed on April 22, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Federal party conference in Karlsruhe - FDP adopts new basic program (accessed on April 22, 2012).
- ↑ kicker.de: Grand Prix of Bahrain: Two Lotus on the podium - Vettel triumphs in the desert (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ swr.de: Support for democratization - EU suspends sanctions against Myanmar (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Dutch Prime Minister submits his resignation - Rutte government broken on austerity (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ^ Diepresse.com: Iceland's ex-premier Haarde convicted of bank crash (accessed April 23, 2012).
- ↑ derstandard.at: Google opens online storage drive (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Eisbären Berlin - Ice hockey championship party with dispenser in the cabin (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ Death penalty abolished: Connecticut no longer wants to execute people. In: Focus Online . April 26, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
- ^ Abendblatt.de: Hungary: EU Commission sues Viktor Orban's government (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ^ Zeit.de: War crimes: Special tribunal finds ex-dictator Taylor guilty (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Pakistan: Court finds Prime Minister Gilani guilty (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ nzz.ch: The tiger mosquito flies north - the spread of the disease-transmitting insect is favored by climate change (accessed on April 30, 2012).
- ↑ German Film Prize for Drama cancer. In: deutschlandradio.de . April 28, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ dw.de: Romania's government overthrown (accessed on April 27, 2012).
- ↑ zeit.de: Austerity: Czech Prime Minister wins vote of confidence (accessed on April 27, 2012).
- ↑ nzz.ch: FC Basel wins the 15th championship title - A 3-1 win against Lausanne is enough for Heiko Vogel's players (accessed on April 29, 2012).
- ↑ faz.net: Party Conference of the Pirates - Structure instead of gimmicks (accessed on April 29, 2012).
- ↑ http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2012/04/24/seligsprechung_eines_wissenschaftlers/ted-582383
- ↑ stern.de: Brahmaputra river in India - ferry accident claims over 200 lives (accessed on May 1, 2012).
- ↑ focus.de: Federal Court of Justice overturns judgment against father of the gunman - Winnenden trial has to be reopened (accessed April 30, 2012).
- ↑ ard-digital.de: FAQ on changing transponders from Das Erste HD and ARTE HD from April 30, 2012 ( Memento from April 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on April 30, 2012).