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This article covers breaking news and events in December 2001.

Daily events

Saturday 1st December 2001

• Taipei / Taiwan : In the parliamentary elections in Taiwan , the Democratic Progressive Party of President Chen Shui-bian , who was elected last year, wins additional votes, but the parties in opposition to the government retain a narrow majority.

Sunday December 2, 2001

Enron's share price since August 2000

• Bern / Switzerland : In a referendum, only 20% of the electorate support the abolition of the Swiss Army . It was the group's second abolition initiative for a Switzerland without an army .
• Houston / United States : One of the largest US energy companies, Enron , files for bankruptcy. There are rumors of massive accounting falsification and insider trading. Around 20,000 employees lose their jobs.

Wednesday 5th December 2001

• Maputo / Mozambique : Joaquim Alberto Chissano , President of the Mozambican Liberation Front , who has been in office since 1986, won the run-off election against Afonso Dhlakama from the Mozambique National Resistance Party with around 52% of the votes .
• Sri Jayewardenepura / Sri Lanka : In the parliamentary elections , the opposition coalition of the United National Front won significantly more votes than in the last election , but missed an absolute majority. The People's Alliance, as the strongest force in the previous government coalition, has lost almost 8 percentage points of the vote and has the second most votes with a good 37%.

Saturday 8th December 2001

• Brussels / Belgium : The EU-Japan Action Plan is adopted. It provides for the deepening of economic relations, security cooperation and more cultural exchange.
• Oberhausen / Germany : The Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko wins his fight against Ross Puritty from the United States by technical knockout and is now considered a challenger to the world heavyweight title of the WBC association . Puritty inflicted the first loss in his professional career on Vitali's brother Wladimir in 1998.

Tuesday December 11, 2001

• Geneva / Switzerland : The People's Republic of China , largely isolated from the world economy until the mid-1980s, joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). So she accepts u. a. the General Agreement on Trade in Services and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights .

Friday December 14, 2001

The French euro coins show the national figure Marianne, a sowing woman and a tree

• Berlin / Germany : The nuclear phase-out law passes the Bundestag and the necessary approval of the Bundesrat appears to be assured because of the party affiliations there.
• Central America : In the case of the annular solar eclipse , the sun is partially covered by the moon for about three minutes when viewed from Costa Rica and Nicaragua .
• New York / United States : The World Economic Forum is meeting and there are protests despite the ban on demonstrations. At the same time , the counter-event, the World Social Forum , will take place in Porto Alegre , Brazil .
• Paris / France : For the equivalent of 100 French francs can from today in France and Monaco euro - starter kits are purchased with coins with a nominal value of 15.25 euros, with those in the trade but can be paid only from 1 January 2002.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : "11. September “as the phrase for the terrorist attacks in the United States is the word of the year in Germany for the Society for German Language .

Saturday 15th December 2001

The Austrian euro coins show flowers, buildings as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Bertha von Suttner

• Vienna / Austria : The coin Austria takes first euro - cash in circulation. It can be purchased as a starter package for a purchase price of 200.00 Schilling . The reverse of the coins bears the individual coins of the Republic of Austria.

Sunday December 16, 2001

• Meran / Italy : Russia becomes world champion in handball with a 30:25 victory in the final of the 15th  Women's World Cup against Norway .
• Santiago / Chile : The parliamentary elections take place.

Monday 17th December 2001

The backs of the German euro coins bear the motifs "oak leaves", "Brandenburg Gate" and "eagle"

• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : On behalf of the European Central Bank , the first to euro - cash - starter kits with a nominal value of 10.23 euros with by the German Federal Government approved national back motifs edited. Those willing to buy can purchase a bag for 20.00 D-Marks .

Thursday December 20, 2001

• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Council approves the shortening of the basic military service in the Bundeswehr from ten to nine months. This finally resolves the shorter compulsory service.

Friday December 21, 2001

• Buenos Aires / Argentina : The country's crisis is now also affecting the highest political office. President Fernando de la Rúa resigns.

Saturday December 22, 2001

Hamid Karzai with American soldiers

• Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag approves the deployment of German armed forces to Afghanistan to implement Resolution 1386 of the UN Security Council with a large majority.
• College Station / United States : a cloned cat is born for the first time. 82 cloned embryos died before birth.
• Kabul / Afghanistan : Hamid Karzai is appointed head of the transitional government.

Sunday December 23, 2001

• Moroni / Comoros : In a referendum, the voting population adopts the new constitution.

Thursday December 27, 2001

• Lusaka / Zambia : The parliamentary elections are taking place.

Monday December 31, 2001

Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Minority in Riga

• Redmond / United States : After 16 years, the software company Microsoft is discontinuing support for versions 1.0x of the Windows user interface , which form the basis for all subsequent versions of the operating system of the same name .
• Riga / Latvia , Tallinn / Estonia : The OSCE observation, which has been ongoing since 1993 to monitor the situation of minorities in the Baltic States, loses its competence with the start of negotiations on the accession of the two states to the European Union . In the course of today's mission, its staff found on several occasions that minority protection in Estonia and Latvia is sufficient.

See also

• Nekrolog December 2001 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in December
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or days of action in December

Web links

Nuremberg in December 2001

Commons : December 2001  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Political change in Taiwan. In: dgap.org . February 1, 2002, accessed November 10, 2018 . 
2. ↑ 30 years for Switzerland without an army. In: tagesanzeiger.ch . September 15, 2012, accessed February 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ The Enron Scandal. In: capital.de . March 24, 2014, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Observing the 1999 elections in Mozambique. In: cartercenter.org . August 2000, accessed September 8, 2019 . 
5. ^ The parliamentary elections of December 5, 2001 and the formation of a new government in Sri Lanka. In: kas.de . Retrieved November 23, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Thematic program for cooperation with developed and other high income countries in the context of the future financial perspective. In: europa.eu . January 25, 2005, accessed April 6, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Vitali avenges Vladimir. In: n-tv.de . December 9, 2001, Retrieved September 23, 2019 . 
8. ↑ China - ten years in the WTO. In: dw.com . December 11, 2011, accessed November 12, 2017 . 
9. ↑ The introduction to the exit from atomic energy. In: bundestag.de . Retrieved May 16, 2019 . 
10. ↑ 2001 - 2020. In: nasa.gov . Retrieved February 23, 2017 . 
11. ↑ BNP Paribas brings its "euro angels" to Paris for an exceptional day of training. In: group.bnpparibas . November 17, 2001, accessed on July 14, 2018 (English): "... available in BNP Paribas' 2,200 branches from 14th December 2001." 
12. ↑ "September 11th" is the word of the year 2001. In: faz.net . December 14, 2001, accessed October 10, 2016 . 
13. ↑ From Saturday the euro will roll in Austria. In: derstandard.at . December 14, 2001, accessed December 30, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Women Handball World Championship 2001 Italy. In: todor66.com, Todor Krastew. Retrieved August 28, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Ten years ago the euro replaced the D-Mark. In: haz.de . December 30, 2011, accessed December 30, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Federal Council decides to reduce it to nine months. In: spiegel.de . December 20, 2001, accessed September 16, 2016 . 
17. ^ President de la Rúa resigned. In: spiegel.de . December 21, 2001, accessed September 30, 2016 . 
18. ↑ A cat cloned by nuclear transplantation. In: nature.com . February 21, 2002, accessed September 30, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Windows 1.0x. In: winhistory.de, Dirk Makowski. Retrieved April 25, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Helge Dauchert: "Lawyer of the Baltic" or lawyer on his own behalf? Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag , Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8305-1567-8 , pp. 168 .